Word: masters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...smiling, always with one eye on the reaction of its audience--perhaps this is the essential quality of the clown-face--but this becomes an attribute not only of the actress but of the character. She spends most of her time undergoing highly repetitive insults and injuries from her master, and only the uniquiness of Masina keeps the character's helplessness from becoming less pathetic than annoying...
...asking price ($500,000 before repairs) was too steep even for a Texas millionaire who made inquiries. Even less appealing was the condition of the 40-room, 16th century Chateau de Vauvenargues in sunny Provence. Fortnight ago, the pleased master of Vauvenargues showed up for a housewarming. At first Homeowner Pablo Picasso thought that the dank castle, which has no central heating and little plumbing, would make a fine warehouse, later decided to move in himself. Proletarian Pablo would undoubtedly forgo the title (marquis) that goes with the moldy heap, but the price of restoration-an estimated $500,000-would...
Reclining in his rocking chair, he looked like a middle-aged man at the end of a long day, but when he opened his mouth, he was the master entertainer. Bing Crosby's topnotch ABC special last week swayed along with rocking-chair ease; its spare (but expensive) sets and casual tone made the usual frenetic TV variety shows look sick by comparison. With Crooner Dean Martin, Gospel Shouter Mahalia
...five-jet fountain, holly bushes and a 40-ft. magnolia tree. But inside they found 14-ft.-high executive offices with cherry-paneled walls on which hung such moderns as Picasso and Clyfford Still. On the east and west facades were 880 huge aluminum louvers geared by a master clock to foil the sun from now until A.D. 2100. It was the museum's biggest opening night, and Director Cheek was delighted. Said he: "People came back thrilled and exhilarated. I hope we're helping make a handsomer world in Virginia...
...Housebreaker of Shady Hill, by John Cheever. A master of the short story looks through the cracked picture windows at the anxieties of upper suburbia...