Word: humors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opera and the general management of the enterprise, but especially for his conducting. the orchestra, though not enormous made Mozart's superb instrumental passages stand out Sunday as they seldom do, with the winds particularly good; and the entire opera was done with real spirit and good humor. "Don Giovanni" and "Idomenco" are next on the list in this Mozartean year; Mr. Goldovsky's treatment of their more difficult problems is awaited with interest and confidence. J.A.L
...What qualities, innate or acquired, does she think would be the greatest asset of the wife of a President? A. Good health and a well-developed sense of humor...
...very virile people. Everything we do is to the hilt. If it's a chord, it's the most beautiful chord. If it's a dance, it's the most exciting dance. It's dizzy-making-loaded with personality. It's rhythm, energy, humor, vitality, and sex all wangled into one." Also wangled: shades of Bea Lillie, Agnes de Mille, Noel Coward and Mime Angna Enters...
With the here only a silent bit of fluff, an extremely light touch was needed lest the downy plot be brushed away. The touch provided fills the bill, for the writers stress the humor, underscore the sentiment, yet never lose the bird in the shuffle. By keeping their dramatic proportions constant, they maintain the credibility of the Pipit throughout--in fact, so important does he become that he assumes a par with the RAF: winged creatures all. Bird lovers everywhere, farmers or ornithologists, forget the War and join the Pipit's Cause; and the blood, sweat and tears shed...
...shop with the editor of the weekly Plymouth Review (circ. 2,100), visited a cheese factory, munched Schwaller's hamburgers ("biggest in Wisconsin"). Sighed Chris: "It's wonderful!" Editor Christiansen, a gregarious man with a florid cherub's face and a mockingbird's sense of humor, felt as much at home in Plymouth as he does back home in Holland...