Word: hatting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hackneyed, in spite of the familiarity of the song. Kiss Me Kate at South Shore offers summer theatre at its finest, inviting just a little more suspension of belief than usual to make a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Broad comedy combines well with the frothy, good humored quality of straw-hat circuit musicals to sustain a mood that permits little severe criticism. In summer theatre, one submits to enjoyment of performances which might at other times seem less than satisfactory...
...Straw Hat...
...made desperate attempts to keep cool. In the summer of A.D. 221, Roman Emperor Heliogabalus sent i.ooo slaves into the mountains for snow to cool his gardens. Sweltering men have produced bizarre notions too: one 19th century inventor drew a fanciful suit of Venetian blinds, including a Venetian-blind hat. Various theaters and the Hungarian Parliament tried blowing air over massive amounts...
...find ourselves confronted by the random and unpredictable big news of the week, but the kind of news we seek out varies in the summertime, just as readers' interests change. Schools close, or go on summer schedule; theater becomes straw hat, or old hat; TV repeats itself. But one TIME section increases in interest and importance in the summer: sport...
...Straw Hat...