Word: humes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Paul Hume of the Washington Post wrote, "They exemplify the finest kind of choral...
...Hume, who reviewed the Washington concert, lauded "their well-balanced program, their thrilling performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, and the model taste in tone, phrasing, and style with which they sang Vittoria and Handel...
Sedentary Scrutiny. Philosophers have never agreed in their opinions of the Crusaders. To Voltaire it seemed fantastic to believe that such ruthless warriors could also be moved by honest piety; to Hume, such a blend of piety and piracy seemed perfectly typical of human nature. More recently, Britain's Lord Dunsany declared that the "adventure of the Crusades [was] the wisest policy that European statesmen ever formulated," because it cleared all the gangsters out of Europe and gave "the arts of peace ... a chance to blossom...
...Other blasts of recent memory: the famous angry letter to Music Critic Paul Hume for his review of daughter Margaret's singing; his slap at the Marine Corps ("they have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's"); his crack at the mineworkers' John L. Lewis ("for your information, I wouldn't appoint John L. Lewis dogcatcher...
Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Promise, with Gloria Swanson, Hume Cronyn, Margaret Phillips...