Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Louis (and his ghost writers) up for election recently to the American Institute of Arts and Letters on the basis of the fine rhythm is his "Life Story." "This was greeted by riotous approbation, not directed so much to my good-will as to my judgment." She then said something about the "Sunday School" approach to writing having its values...
...recent mushrooming of critical interest in "Troilus and Cressida" has placed it in every possible category, chiefly because its inconclusive ending prevents any sort of definitive judgment as to what kind of a play it is Bafiling crities, it has also bafiled producers. This, along with analytical rather than dramatic dialogue, has kept it almost entirely from the stage, Polonius probably gives the most accurate description: "tragical-comical-historical." But you must also add satirical, for that, too, is an important element in the current production by the Harvard Theater Workshop...
...Choice was greeted with wide acclaim by Coach Art Valpey and Houston's teammates. "The squad showed remarkably fine judgment," stated Valpey "and I am fortunate to have two such fine leaders during my first two years at Harvard...
...dinner guest of famed Political Prisoner John Wilkes in the King's Bench prison. Wilkes had 15 guests in his cell that day, and Rush noted that he had an extra room for his ilbrary, "from which I formed an indifferent opinion of his taste and judgment." In France, Rush saw Louis XV, who "had a good eye, and an intelligent countenance, and hence he was said to be "the most sensible looking fool in Europe.' " The great Encyclopedist, Diderot, entertained Rush in his library, and the Marquis of Mirabeau invited him to a "coterie" at his home...
...proceed to great rewards. The chief reward: being safe from snubs. Author Fenwick deplores "fake fireplaces filled with a fake coal fire, lighted by electricity," deprecates "a shawl on the piano" and " 'popup' cigarette boxes , . . decorated with a scotty or a nude." But she shows that her judgment has less to do with taste than with fashion when she advocates "tables made of old painted tin trays on a modern stretcher base" and "odd saucers of Lowestoft china ... as ashtrays...