Word: life
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...supporting cast around Charles de Gaulle that is determined to maintain the mystical sense of grandeur. "We will try to accomplish the dream of France," declared Novelist Andre (Man's Fate) Malraux, after taking over as Minister of State in Charge of Cultural Affairs, "to give back life to its past genius, to give life to its present genius, and to welcome the genius of the world." Last week as Malraux rose to explain his unprecedented cultural budget to the National Assembly, the nation got its chance to see how well the dream was faring...
...braided uniform and cocked hat and with a sword dangling awkwardly at his side, Rostand, as custom requires, used his acceptance speech to eulogize the academician whose place he took. Herriot's last moments, according "to certain witnesses," said Rostand, were not "in harmony with his whole life." He went on to censure the "passions" that created the contradiction "between the words of the man standing and the murmurs of the man recumbent." Novelist Jules (Men of Good Will) Romains, went farther, assured the 40 "immortals" of the academy that it was untrue that "Herriot died denying the concepts...
...life devoted to sports writing has led to these conclusions. "From the time I can remember first having ambitions for a career, I wanted to be a newspaperman." Pittenger was born in Kansas City, Mo., but he moved often, attending 15 schools in seven states. Constantly on the move, he had only one thing to take an interest in everywhere he went--sports. It was easy to combine games and journalism "into one big word--sportswriting," he says...
...Bontche, a poor man's J.B. who has taken life in the teeth without ever uttering a word of protest, Paul Richards shows his versatility. If it was joie de vivre before, it is mal de vivre now. Without saying a word he conveys utter abjectness, outdoing J.B. himself, who at least had fond memories. Arriving in heaven, Bontche is judged by God to be so innocent that anything in heaven is his for the asking. What Bontche asks for, and the way in which he asks for it, are so humble that God and the angels cannot but hang...
...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 was I didn't say yes loud enough...." This is a tremendously funny play. But the humor is warm, so close to life that it could not possibly be transmitted without the people. The humor exists in the tangled logic of the Jews' existence at this time of history, in late nineteenth century Russia. The existence itself had to be rationalized and joked about, and what we laugh at are people laughing...