Word: hearses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The short story is surely the most intractable of prose forms. Few authors can write one well; yet anything less than brilliance is worthless. A mediocre novel can at least be a tolerable companion; a mediocre short story is merely a bore. But a writer who masters the form hears...
> Scene: Vallone, already torn with grief over the ship disaster, hears Mercouri's declaration, summons Perkins into his office. In a rage he sweeps the objects on his desk to the floor, slaps him viciously again and again, slashing Perkins' face with his ring. Vallone: ''Get...
Consider the plot for a moment. Alfredo Alcon is going to die in a week or so. His mother persuades Graciella Borges to be his mistress by promising her a trip to Paris following the funeral. After a few days of amorous ghoulash, Alcon's doctors tell him he will...
During the intermission one hears more praise. The songs are "catchy," the costumes "witty" and the lines "risque." As surely as Gulliver's Travels has become a children's bedtime story, Threepenny Opera seems on the way to being acclaimed as "a wonderful musical."
If the jury that hears their case disagrees, the companies will be liable to fines of up to $50.000; the individual defendants could draw up to a year in prison.