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...President he had commandeered this great treasure, whereupon J.F.K. sighed, "Thank goodness, I can sign this." He pulled the Cuban trade embargo from his desk and penned his signature, ending, among other things, the importation of Havana cigars. The world, as we well know, has never been as mellow since...
...possible to fly from Washington to Peking in less than 20 hours. But Reagan was in no hurry. He was loose and mellow even by his own easygoing standards. The Reagans took a week getting from the White House to China, putting down for rest stops at their California ranch, in Hawaii and then on Guam...
Simon was one of the godheads of the sugary ostensibly mellow culture of the seventies and this play shows how alarming it is that he is still at large. The premise behind the piece is that, two hundred years ago, the town of Kulyenchikov was laid under a curse by a disgruntled inhabitant. Two things can life the curse. Either an outsider must raise the intelligence of anyone in the town by even a tiny fraction or the descendants of two old families must marry resolving in matrimony the conflict which first produced the curse...
...slight disappointment after the first two energy-filled dances. Calteu Song Without Words," the work, was accompanied with music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Primarily a modern ballet, the dance, however, was heavily influenced by modern styles since the dancers did not wear traditional ballet shoes. While it was a mellow, pleasant piece that was danced well, it lacked an accompanying force and drive. The sequence contained a series of duets interspersed by a solo and a quartet. The pas de deus were the highlight, usually interesting if not exciting...
...morning sun, is a prime lyric invention; and the color has a resonant, hallucinated distinctness that brings early Mird to mind. Balthus would eventually paint some of the best landscapes of his time. The pick of them, perhaps, is Larchant, 1939, with its luminous sheet of sky and its mellow, precise inter-lockings of building, field and mound...