Word: lacunae
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Needless to say, the pathos is, in this production, an awkward intrusion. Contrasting strangely with the thick boffola of the comic scenes, it produces a sense of dislocation, a sort of emotional lacuna. Not that there is anything wrong with emotional lacunae: such an effect was doubtless what the producers of the original film were after. But the dislocation in the present version acts to no purpose and fails to convey the desired jarring effect...
...deemphasis of the so-called "impractical" aspects of education; such an apparent lack of interest in foreign countries cannot help but give an unfavorable impression to the rest of the world. At a time when the United States needs friendly allies more than ever before, such an educational lacuna may assume considerable importance...
...forty-five works were presented by fourteen different groups, several of which were new this year. Six of the seven Houses had active theatre groups (only Kirkland, which gave two operas last year, remained silent this year). The only sizable lacuna in the season was the drama that the Harvard Classical Players traditionally have given each spring in Latin or Greek...