Word: keyword
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Grook," the keyword of the novel, always refers to something ominously exciting, not fully understood, worthy of a boy's wonder and solemn respect. Dr. Sax. the hawk-faced, silent, evil-battling spook whom Jack Duluoz invents (and then sees, fearfully, in every dark doorway), gets from place to place by grooking. Dr. Sax plays poker incessantly, has a high, fiendish laugh ("Mwee hee ha ha ha"). And when his stalking of the evil Great World Snake makes it necessary, he pulls a rubber boat out of his slouch hat, pumps it up and paddles across the Merrimack...
...This comment is not entirely the director's. He is simply the chairman of the proceedings. He must have an imaginary picture of the work in terms of choreographic style, but it ought to be one that can be changed during rehearsals. The keyword to a director's approach should be 'flexibility...
Functionality was the keyword when Lamont was on the drafting board, and from the librarian's point of view it has lived up to this ideal perfectly. Despite increases in the number of books and in the number of people to use the building, the library staff is now smaller, than when it opened. A flexible coordination of work between Widener and Lamont makes this possible, with members of the staff scuttling through the tunnels from the old building to the new to meet rush hour demands. The worst press comes at night and on noon Saturdays, when reserve books...