Word: mannerized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Technically, these four plays are comedies, but, despite their relatively happy endings, the term is misleading. Actually, they are romantic tragi-comedies after the manner just popularized by Beaumont and Fletcher...
This is an extremely difficult part to pull off, and Colicos acquits himself admirably. He wisely avoids the temptation of bellowing monotonously at a constant fortissimo--fortunately, for he is best when not at full volume. He manages to vary the level and manner of his delivery widely, while preserving the intensity of Leontes' derangement all the time. In his movements there are occasional hints of the ham, but they come from the best hogs...
...three days in Ottawa, Eisenhower's attentive manner, his obvious interest in the concerns of his hosts and his famed grin did much to soothe the irritations of recent U.S.-Canadian conflicts. No one expected Eisenhower and Diefenbaker to settle all their countries' outstanding problems, but they had made a good start, laid a firm foundation for future easy give-and-take between the White House and Parliament Hill...
...bishop of Babylon," he said. He removed hundreds of crutches that once littered the Grotto and restored much of the cave's original rocky austerity. Last week Bishop Theas struck hard at the exploiters of the Grotto's waters. His edict: "In no manner must it be commercialized. The Grotto water is foredestined to be drunk and to be washed in. It can be so used at Lourdes or at home, but always with religious respect...
...were not made until centuries after inin's rule. Best bet is that the Haniwa figures, along with houses and boats, were meant to console the dead. Says Expert Fumio Miki: "We can only surmise from the data on hand that they were grave decorations, much in the manner of flower wreaths used today in Japan...