Word: household
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...convey Orsino's melancholy, but more by appearance and manner than by speech. And he has the pleasure of being wheeled about in a handsome mollusk-shell chariot. Patricia Cutts is a soft Olivia, in love with mourning and "of beauty truly blent" as the mistress of an enormous household...
...Buddhist horror of going to extremes, says, "There is no question of making physical war on the opium growers." Instead, the government will employ the moral suasion of the Comite de Defense des Interets Nationaux, led by ascetic young army officers, government workers and officials of the royal household. The villages are to be purified by the means of mo lam, or blind wandering minstrels who are traditional Laotian entertainers and have added to their repertory special anti-vice and anti-Communist songs and recitals...
Husband's View. In Springfield, Mass., when his wife won a divorce, Hozie Shipman lost every one of his household goods to her except his easy chair...
Rechargeable Batteries. A line of batteries that can be recharged overnight through household electrical outlets will be put on sale this fall by Sonotone Corp. Smaller versions of nickel-cadmium batteries used in missiles and jets, the new batteries come in twelve different sizes for flashlights, portable TV sets and other appliances, have a 15-to 20-year life expectancy. Price: $7.95 for a unit equal to two standard flashlight batteries...
...smaller parts, Fletcher Coleman is a compelling Borachio; and Meredydd Evans sings Balthasar's songs pleasantly. Charles Lewis is notable in the double roles of a messenger and the sexton. And little Hayward Morse adds a lot as a boy in the governor's household...