Word: midasized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The pick-and-shovel brigades have invaded Gibeon, where once the sun stood still for Joshua; painstakingly they have probed for the ruins of Gordion, capital of Phrygia, where poor King Midas saw his concubines turn to gold at his touch. The city of Ephesus, sacred to the goddess Artemis...
Erhard's economic policies are quite popular in Germany. The Germans have no emotional enthusiasm for the idea of the Common Market, but they trust Erhard's economic judgement completely. Since 1948, Erhard has had a Midas touch with the German economy, and the people see no reason to think...
Felsenstein, 62, has a 30-year reputation as an operatic Midas, but his methods would ruin any opera company that lived by the box office. He usually trains only one singer for each role -and if anyone gets sick, he merely cancels the night's performance. At home only...
Cordell & Old Hulls. Surveying his vast sets for The Fall of the Roman Empire, vaster eight times over than the sets of Cleopatra, he suddenly becomes Cordell Bronston. "This moving picture," he says, "which covers less than two decades of history 18 centuries old, will be particularly significant and meaningful...
Britain's hardworking, high-living Charles Clore, 58, has built an empire since 1953 out of ships, manufacturing, real estate and shoes. But the cockney-born, self-made Midas turns out to have an Achilles' heel-or toe. Last week, announcing a 4% profit drop in 1962 for...