Word: marvell
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...might fall off any moment. That's sheer damned skill." Of Rembrandt's A Man in Armour: "I just go all goo-goo when I stand in front of it. It is one of the finest pictures in the world. In fact, it's a bloody marvel!" The program had now run 20 minutes over schedule, but Sir Gerald added: "You know, I get excited and carried away every time I come here. You must come and see the pictures. I get tight just looking at them. Come and see them. We've got more...
...Kelly." Attendance at the exhibit increased sharply. But the London Daily Express primly editorialized that Sir Gerald "brings honor neither to his position nor to himself by descending to the use of vulgar expletives." Commented unrepentant Sir Gerald: "Did I say that the Man in Armour was a bloody marvel? Well, it is a bloody marvel...
Some excerpts from the cover stories: "Modern man has become accustomed to machines with superhuman muscles, but machines with superhuman brains are still a little frightening." "The Pentagon ... is simple in concept and organization, infinitely complex in detail; a marvel of systematic sense when the system is mastered, a mire of confusion when...
...four excellent soloists, tenor Oscar Henry'52 stood out. His magnificent voice is even stronger and truer than last year. The chorus, as always, was a marvel of precision and balance...
...Williams was the indispensable man. His handshaking and backslapping helped to arouse the enthusiasm of precinct and outpost alike. And above all, he beat the Republicans. The pundits give Soapy little credit for winning in 1948, because the G.O.P.'s Kim Sigler was an overconfident pushover. But they marvel at the off-year victory in 1950. It was so close that it took five weeks to determine that Soapy had beaten ex-Governor Harry Kelly...