Word: meaningfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In Italy there is a saying, "The opera is in the throat"-meaning that a singer has it under perfect vocal control-and Tebaldi is believed by her fans to have her operas in her throat as has no other singer of her generation. She is a great piano singer...
But, in spite of spontaneous student protests, and long-range concentrated efforts to bring a wider and healthier atmosphere of conflict and controversy to college campuses, the students invariably emerge on the short end. Censorship, restriction, and pressure are harsh words, and when they are applied to institutions of higher...
Voters thus have an option with little meaning, for neither major party has nominated a worthwhile--much less inspiring--candidate. The choice of evils is a difficult and unpleasant one for any voter. That such a choice will have to be made on November 4 is a sad commentary on...
Taking over as the Library of Congress' 1958-59 consultant in poetry in English, white-haired, high-shoed, 84-year-old Robert Frost called himself a "Poet in Waiting," demonstrated before newsmen that the west-running brook is still clear at the source. His job in Washington is to...
Author Murdoch mitigates the sordid in her story with a flow of wit that is civilized, unobtrusive and sometimes lethal. The novel achieves distinction in a series of brief sermons and reflections on the nature of God and the good that ought to make many an orthodox pulpit-pounding clergyman...