Word: lavishes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...paced audio-visual spectacle, such as delighted the court of Louis XIV for whom it was created. Not only do we have live musicians, but we also have livestock, not to mention a whole harem of scantily clad Turkish dancers. And it would be hard to imagine a more lavish set of costumes than William D. Roberts has designed...
...after another, all the Redlegs lavish praise on Birdie. They know what he means when he says: "There ought to be a second-string or junior Hall of Fame for guys like me. I'll read about some superstar who has had a bad season and the writers apologize when they say, 'He only hit .311 that year.' Listen, I had a lifetime average of .270 and I'm proud of it. I poured my life's blood into it. I clawed and scrambled and fought and hustled to get it." Thanks to Birdie...
...Moscow exhibit will be the most significant step yet by U.S. trade-fair planners. But it was long in coming. From 1950 to December 1954, the Soviet bloc sent its lavish government exhibits to 133 trade fairs, the U.S. to none. Finally alarmed by the Red propaganda gains, President Eisenhower in 1954 drew $2,500,000 from his emergency fund to bankroll Department of Commerce participation at the fairs. But the U.S. is still hobbled by a shoestring budget. This year's appropriation for trade fairs is $3,600,000, less than some Communist countries invest...
...more on his feet. He got a comfortable job in the hospital and became a valued friend of the prison doctor. With five other prisoners (two train robbers, three embezzlers and a forger) he founded the "Recluse Club," which met on Sundays in an unused prison office and ate lavish dinners, complete with silverware, napkins and flowers...
...Berlioz libretto is warmed-over Virgal shot through with a Shakespearean flavor (Berlioz described parts of it as "stolen from Shakespeare and Virgilianized"). To give the sprawling work a proper production and still hold it to a manageable 4½ hours (with only minor cuts), Covent Garden prepared lavish sets and drew on all its artistic and mechanical resources. Sir John Gielgud got his first crack at opera direction. Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom (with all six feet of her hair unwound) was cast in the ear-rending role of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Conductor Rafael Kubelik presided over...