Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...back on (his most famed role: Mephistopheles in Faust), zestful, white-haired Basso Rothier had no fears about his anniversary recital. He was somewhat excited: "All my friends will be there to hear me and I will feel so at home there. My voice is still very good, you know, but it can't compare with the golden voice I once...
Among Bernays' recommendations (which fill a fat notebook): a manual for producers with pooled know-how on the most economical production techniques; standardized financing and accounting; an industry clinic in promotion and advertising; training courses in behavior for box office personnel, ushers, concessionaires and house managers; a credo pledging the theater to fair dealing, courtesy, comfort, efficient operation-with enforcement of ethical practices by the Better Business Bureau. Bernays would also harness women's clubs, youth groups, universities, cultural leaders, etc. into a vast public relations campaign for the theater...
...word. With his wife helping on the voluminous research needed for costumes and backgrounds, Painter Rowe worked steadily on his 32 illustrations for 3½ years. As a result, he has become deeply concerned with the Bible and the Christian faith. Said he last week: "I don't know how to explain it in words. I had to elevate myself to the high places in order to catch the spirit of the prophets...
...Monthly, also a Wellesley trustee. Would Miss Clapp have dinner with him? By this time, Miss Clapp had a good idea of what was up. Over brook trout and a bottle of wine at the Ritz-Carlton, Weeks began to ask questions. "Do you sleep well?" he wanted to know. Miss Clapp answered that she did, she was not a worrier...
...panic, and a few secretly resort to "bennies" (benzedrine). Otherwise, they worry about their figures, and then at the Well, the campus soda fountain, they gorge themselves on Wellesley Specials (a brownie smothered in ice cream and hot fudge sauce). They play bebop records by the hour, but know more about Bach than any Wellesley generation before them. They are coldly practical about some things, but will gladly dress themselves up as toy dolls, rabbits or gypsies for annual Tree Day. They are fearful of seeming too girlish, but will happily make themselves look aged 13 running their annual hoop...