Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...high-level meetings, said Herter in a speech to the National Foreign Trade Council in Manhattan, is that a new process of communication between East and West may be developing. "I say 'may' because only time can tell whether we shall have learned to talk somewhat less at cross purposes than in the past, and with better understanding of opposing points of view." Khrushchev, said Herter, had said there was a need for "a common language despite the ideological conflict to which he staunchly adheres. Many will find this hard to believe after the years of baffling doubletalk...
...revolution of expectations," and it has resulted everywhere in solutions that do not solve. Poorer nations simply eat more, and either cut down on their agricultural exports or import food. Asia, excluding Red China, now imports about 10 million tons of grain a year. But the result is less foreign exchange in the coffers of most Asian nations, and less capital for needed economic development...
...general, the show's virtues are marred by its weaknesses. For one thing, Rodgers and Hammerstein do repeat themselves: governess, children and children's papa seem at moments the twins of The King and I. And The Sound of Music suffers badly by comparison, has less swing, less gaiety, less piquancy, less the very air of musicomedy...
Some people think less of him. Says Arnold Shaw of the music-publishing firm of E. B. Marks: "Someone like Clark is a one-man trust." Adds Marty Mills of Mills Music, Inc.: "People know that Clark will lay it on [i.e., plug a song] if he's got any stake...
...role of a father who can't see why his son should want to go to a gentile school instead of following his tracks into the business. But his wife is determined, and Carnovsky's only strength seems to be his wit; this is sad since his wit is less honed than that of his wife, whose part is a bit overplayed by Sarah Cunningham. Carnovsky's magnificent outbursts take on meaning from his more frequent displays of quiet resignation before wife's and fate's hand: "Did I say no?" he asks, seeking reconciliation. "The only thing...