Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...matter how thin it is sliced, 1957 has been a half-baked congressional year. Accordingly, the Eisenhower Administration could hardly expect more than a half-loaf mutual security bill-and that, last week, was precisely what it was getting. A conference committee compromised differences between House and Senate foreign-aid bills by cutting them right down the middle...
...reminded him that it was dangerous for children to play in the street. " 'They can get hit by a car.' It was always with the arm around my shoulder, and 'You have got to pay us off because you are mine and I own you. No matter where you are going to move, you are mine.' I was scared to death." In the end Claude paid Chester about $1,400 by cashing worthless checks...
...theatre has two peculiar characteristics," he continued. "First? the big shots have little real knowledge of theatre. Second? everybody, no matter how little experience he's had, can suggest how to rewrite a play; but few people can or will tell the director or producer what to do once casting is completed...
...matter reportedly began when Steyskal applied for a position in the University to teach a new philosophical doctrine. Although the University refused his request, Steyskal continued to communicate with University officials, it has been said, and the letters culminated in the threatening missive...
This new play enjoyed a considerable run on Broadway this spring; and fortunately it has come to Boston for two weeks? Let me say at once that The Potting Shed is a truly distinguished work--amazingly so for a second attempt. As a matter of fact it was by far the finest new foreign play of the past season--despite the temporary corporate insanity of the New York Drama Critics Circle, which gave the nod to a bit of French froth. And it is Greene's best accomplishment since his novel The Heart of the Matter of a decade...