Word: maxed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BURR HALL, May 17: Max Ophuls' Lola Montes, 7:30. The Earrings of Madame de...., 9:30. May 18: Francois Truffaut's Une Histoire d'Eau and Stolen Kisses, 7:30, Bed and Board, 9:30. May 19: Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman, 7:30 and 9:30. $1 per film...
...heavy smokers who would like to kick their habit, nothing seems to work. Between 1966 and 1970, 22 million American smokers made at least one serious but unsuccessful attempt to quit. In fact, more cigarettes are currently being sold in the U.S. than ever before. Now researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich have devised a new method for breaking the habit. It works so well, at least for Germans with systematic natures and a healthy respect for rules, that the Bonn Health Ministry is considering mass distribution of a booklet on the method...
Bruch: Two Violin Concertos (Yehudi Menuhin, soloist, plays Concerto No. 1 in G Minor and No. 2 in D Minor, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult conducting, Angel; $5.98). The G Minor Violin Concerto was an instant success, but to Max Bruch's sorrow his second violin concerto won only initial acclaim that soon faded. While the world applauded the G Minor, the neglected D Minor remained Bruch's favorite. Now Yehudi Menuhin has recorded the pair in a performance of such luscious tone and melodic charm that even Bruch's duckling is at last a swan...
...help from whoever is responsible for keeping the transitions quick and neat, and with their voices often drowned in loud, sloppy musical accompaniment, all but two performers are less than captivating. These exceptions save the evening, and prove that the entire project is not as overambitious as it appears. Max Mencken, the Planet's gossip columnist, and his secretary Sydney are a corrupt, tawdry couple who are infinitely more attractive than the wooden romancers Superman and Lois Lane. Sydney, played by Jackie Shapiro, seduces Clark Kent like a pro when she sings "You've Got Possibilities" and her mincing walk...
...course of her many travels she became a friend of Nietzsche, a companion, guide and confessor to Rilke (it was she who first introduced him to Russia), and a favorite pupil of Freud. She knew Wedekind, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, and Hauptman. She met Stringberg and the great stage director Max Reinhardt, and Martin Buber encouraged her writing...