Word: looks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...married (76% are), her daytime hours are spent largely at home. She does her own housework (although 33% have part-or full-time help), takes an active part in church and civic affairs, bought four new dresses or suits last year (almost all of them tailored to the "new look") without much help from her husband - although 13% said he was there when the purchases were made. She has nine pairs of shoes, five hats, and four pieces of jewelry which she values...
...college was distantly supervised by the Queen. Once, in the dressing room of the student theater, Juliana's classmates twitted her about her long underwear. Next day she went out and bought something more modern. But when the fripperies arrived at the palace, Wilhelmina took one shocked look at them and sent them back. When Juliana's marriage was being considered, her lady-in-waiting suggested that she wear some makeup. Wilhelmina declared: "The Princess will remain as God and I made...
...headmistress not to "tell stories about fairy princesses or any stuff like that." The children have the Orange matter-of-factness. Recently, vacationing, Princess Beatrix grew impatient with a crowd of gaping local children. She presented herself on the porch of her parents' house. "This is how I look in front," she said, and turned. "This is how I look in back. Now go away and leave me alone...
...Look About You." Monte Cassino's abbot, white-haired Ildefonso Rea, last week recalled that the Abbey's motto is succisa virescit (cut down, it grows again). He said quietly: "This monastery was founded in the 6th Century. Four times* it has been destroyed, and every time, no matter how long it took, Monte Cassino has risen again. Nature shows us the urgent will to live. Look about you. Half-burned tree trunks are sprouting fresh and vigorous shoots...
When the picture is concentrating on character and on the look and life of a small town, it is better than average. But the overall story is inflated; elaborate and unlikely, and the picture tells its story as doggedly, and pokily, as if it were worth such serious attention. The longer it goes on, the duller it gets...