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...many years I hesitate to say on one hearing, but my impression is that they outclass "Allegro's" songs by several leagues and run well ahead of "Carousel's." "Oklahoma!" probably has them beat on sheer quantity, but there was nothing in "Oklahoma!" quite so lovely as "Bali Hai," and nothing quite so boisterously whacky as "A Hundred And One Pounds of Fun," which contains, among other phrases of equal distinction, one that goes like this: "Where she is narrow she's as narrow as an arrow, and she's broad where a broad should be broad." There is also...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: The Playgoer | 3/17/1949 | See Source »

...third time in 21 years Peiping's citizens last week prepared to receive an approaching conqueror. At first their preparations were scarcely perceptible. Skaters still weaved across Nan Hai Lake, near the Forbidden City. In the adjoining park, old gentlemen taking their caged songsters for an airing paused to compare birds. The lovely city (its name means "Northern Peace") expected, even looked forward to a quick, peaceful turnover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: One-Way Street | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

Lefty Hansen, victor in two outings this season, will be on the mound for the Yardlings, facing Jack Alexander, veteran Exonian hurler. The starting lineup for today's game has not been changed, although the batting order will be different from Saturday's roster, with Johnny Goldsmith and Hai Moffle restored to the top positions and Johnny Chase and Myles Huntington returning to the seventh and sixth slots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Face Exeter On Diamond, Jayvees Play Wentworth Here | 4/23/1947 | See Source »

Tuesday was crowded with a schedule of packing and farewells that never quite caught up with Marshall. Ambassador Stuart and Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chieh dropped in for lunch at the general's high-walled residence on Ning Hai Road. They were still talking over their coffee when the capital's foreign correspondents arrived for a few off-record remarks and an on-record goodbye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Goodbye | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

Exuberantly, waving placards, urged on by cheerleaders, the students snaked through Chungking's winding main street. No one stopped them, no one dispersed them. They blocked all traffic, engulfed even the coolie coal-and-water bearers, whose makeway cries of "Hai! Hai!" were lost in the din of shouting youngsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: That's Much Better! | 2/4/1946 | See Source »

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