Word: macdonald
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lyrical quality did not faulter for a moment even in the highest passages. Her rendition of the ballad-like piece which opens the opera was entirely captivating. Both young women, furthermore, are not only fine singers but actresses of the first caliber. Under the very intelligent direction of Bruce MacDonald, neither at any time resorted to the discouraging opera-singer's stance...
...Premier of France, whose career stretched over half a century, paralleled the Third Republic; in Lyon. Elected mayor of Lyon at 33, a Senator at 40, witty, erudite, pipe-puffing Herriot became a Senate rival to the fiery Georges Clemenceau; with British Socialist and Visionary Ramsay MacDonald, introduced the "Geneva Protocol" into the League of Nations, a first international attempt to outlaw aggression; canceled (1932) the German reparations agreements and plunged France soon after into such deep financial troubles that despite his efforts France repudiated its U.S. debts. He irresolutely stuck to Marshal Petain's Cabinet...
...tragic flaw lies not in his character, but in the fact that he is only an "Acting Colonel." The War Office sends a man named Basil Barrow from London to take over the battalion. A "poor wee laddie," who is colder than Flora MacDonald,* he had spent the war in British intelligence. Which colonel will command the battalion-Jock or this Barrow boy? Jock is handicapped not only by a mistress but a prim Presbyterian daughter named Morag who is in love with a corporal-piper. The newcomer makes the fatal mistake of issuing regulations on how the Highland officers...
Playhouse 90 (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Charley's Aunt, the moth-riddled classic. With Jeannette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Orson Bean, Art Carney...
...anti-Western mood that Nehru was whipping up in India last week had all but undone any good that came out of the Eisenhower-Nehru meeting. British High Commissioner Malcolm MacDonald reported to London that Britain's standing in India is at a dangerously "low level." In fact, not all Indians apparently recognize at what point they are to check their criticism of Britain and the U.S. The Economic Review, official organ of Nehru's Congress Party, published two inflammatory editorials. The first suggested that the foreign policy of the Eisenhower Administration reflects the prevalence of juvenile delinquency...