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Bostonian rectitude may account for the absence of any seasonal letdown in the quality of the Boston Symphony. What makes Tanglewood a model festival is that the orchestra's tone and attack are kept as finely manicured as the grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Festivals: Sounds of a Summer Night | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

...arms get stretched to floor-length; that night in bed, when his sock-clad feet poke out of the bottom of the covers, a pair of hands reaches out alongside to give them a sleepy scratch. But Lewis as the alter-ego maniac Buddy Love is a maudlin letdown. Starlet Stevens best sums up the trouble: "Just being one person is more than enough for any human being to handle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Half Laugh | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

Only a serious letdown after two tough matches last weekend might halt a Crimson sweep. The team is riding the crest of a five-game winning streak and is undefeated in three Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis League Matches...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Harvard Favored to Defeat Brown In Ivy League Tennis Match Today; Should Sweep Weak Bruins | 4/23/1963 | See Source »

...Algerian delegation, headed by Defense Minister Houari Boumedienne showed up in Cairo to pay its respects. "Regarding Arab unity," said Boumedienne. "our objective should be the creation of solid, strong and healthy bases. The Arab people are not ready to accept another setback, another letdown. For that reason, all steps toward Arab unity must be absolutely unshakeable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Onto the Bandwagon | 4/5/1963 | See Source »

Still, make no mistake: Virginia Woolf is a monumental achievement against any standards. And in terms of Albee's own development, it represents a gigantic stride forward. This work is Albee's Eroica Symphony (the finale of Beethoven's is a similar letdown). In our own time, this blockbuster of a stage quartet will likely turn out to be to the drama of the 1960's what Elliott Carter's behemoth of a string quartet was to the music...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 12/12/1962 | See Source »

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