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Word: matematician (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chorus of Prudes sings of happy leisure and innocent pleasure, but an amorous soprano ridicules the prudes and claims she can sing a song that will seduce all listeners. She proves this by means of a drowsy Harvard-type matematician who reluctantly succumbs to her mating-call. Enter two Satyrs on the make. Unable to find suitable females (the chorus is full of "dried up wretches") they sublimate with a bottle of wine, after invoking the services of a good-natured Bacchus. The Soprano decides that the conquest of a god would give immortal proof of her powers. The Satyrs...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: Charivari | 5/15/1953 | See Source »

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