Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...IDEALLY-CONSTRUCTED university community, there would be a place for an ideal Lampoon. There are many days when it's not so great to get out of bed and realize you're alive in Cambridge--days when the Massachusetts sky dumps its cheerless load of snow and misery onto the frozen ground, when fingers numbed by cold try to hammer out the five tutorial papers due by dawn, when the sparkly conversation of a Lesley College charmer is not quite enough to make a satisfactory night's entertainment. On those bleak days, an ideal Lampoon would appear at the corner...
Needless to say, there hasn't been an ideal Lampoon for as long as anyone in the world can remember. The problem isn't the chronic lack of belly laughs in a typical issue; wisely deciding that Daffy Duck type humor is best left to the Brattle, Poonies have aimed for something a little more subtle. But as the latest Thanksgiving number shows, the emphasis on subtlety can go a little too far--like when it blots out anything funny...
...simple cases like Carnegie Hall he imparts a sense of total grandeur to the symphony, singling out groups of instruments without losing the greater visual scheme of their physical and musical relationship to the rest of the orchestra. This makes him ideal for that potentially pedestrian assignment, as well as for The Black Cat where Poelzig's house becomes an incredibly grand stage for the anguish displayed...
Weinstein, an amiable giant at 6'5", 235 lbs., has ideal size for a pro tight end, and the scouts have been following his progress with interest. A crushing blocker, "the Tree" has excellent speed and sticky hands. He was Yale's top receiver last year, catching 16 passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns...
...Succeed in Business Without Really Trying--An unabashedly artless production of the Frank Loesser musical. Ideal football weekend entertainment. At AGASSIZ THEATRE...