Word: hymning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Later, Dersu goes to live with the Captain and his family in town. But he is gradually stifled. Kurosawa is not facile, and he does not hymn the natural man just to condemn the spiritual debilitations of modern life. Dersu Uzala takes place during the first decade of the century and suggests that the ideal reconciliation of urban knowledge and bucolic temperament is, sadly, unattainable. Dersu Uzala may be a shade over-inflated and simplistic, but it also has the clear resonance of genius. Kurosawa can find grandeur in the intimate as well as the infinite...
CHAMPAGNE. The wine will have a distinctive yellow cast because of the dry season. Maurice Chevalier should be alive to hymn it. Prices will not be set for three years...
...arranged for the Duke to give its world premiere at the cathedral. Nobody asked Ellington to join any memorial service to the bishop. But when the Duke heard there would be such a gathering at St. Clement's Church in Manhattan, he came, led the congregation in a hymn, then made one of his rare solo appearances at the piano. He explained: "I loved that...
Lerner sent an outline of his idea to Bernstein. Their only previous collaboration, in 1957, had been on a new Harvard hymn, but Bernstein agreed to write the 1600 score. After five weeks of rehearsal in New York, the show opened in Philadelphia to devastating reviews and the play doctoring began immediately. Jerome Robbins and Mike Nichols traveled to Philadelphia and quickly fled. Director Corsaro left "by mutual agreement" with the company. Bernstein reportedly wanted to deal himself out too, but was persuaded to stay...
...trumpets sounded, the drums were thumped, and the jubilant crowds burst out singing-to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic-"Ronny, Ronny, Ronald Reagan, his truth goes marching on." "I believe in miracles," the former California Governor said during one of the celebrations last week, "but I also believe you've got to ootch them along a bit." The resurrection of Reagan's half-dead presidential campaign in four straight primary victories was undeniably something of a miracle, but keeping watch on Reagan as he ootched it along required quite a bit of ootching...