Word: layman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chicago Symphony Orchestra's white-haired, Belgian-born Désiré Defauw last week picked ten pieces of music which would give the layman "the most comprehensive basis [for] the enjoyment of all music." His list...
Last week they caught a hitherto respected layman-gentle, white-mustached Henri Gotti, beadle of Sacré Coeur, who wore his plumed hat and carried his massive staff in parish processions. Each night, with francs filched from the almsbox, M. Gotti had slipped off to such fleshpots as the Moulin Rouge and Bal Tabarin. "Poor Gotti!" said worldly-wise parishioners. "Montmartre was too near the Sacré Coeur...
Same day in nearby Worcester, pastor-layman teams pledged 1,200 people to "enter more actively into the Christian life." The news hardly got a mention...
What worries the experts most is the layman's tendency to pin hope on every test-tube success. But doctors continue to write up their results and risk the dangers of publicity because any test may give the clue some other worker needs...
Whiz Quiz. Veteran Funnyman Colonel Stoopnagle (Frederick Taylor) played the part, without obvious effort, of a know-nothing layman. Clifton Fadiman played the part, without obvious effort, of the omniscient explainer. Whenever Fadiman got too hot to handle, Colonel Stoopnagle was to order the orchestra to play. There was a good bit of music in the half hour...