Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gospel is its foundation. Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That's why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, that's why they write symphonies . . . The two basic ideals of modern man -without them he is unthinkable-[are] the idea of free personality and the idea of life as sacrifice...
...Uncle (French). Jacques Tati (Mr. Hulot's Holiday), who is probably the cinema's most gifted present practitioner of the sight gag, has produced a satire on the mechanization of modern living that is always pretty witty, although in moviemaking terms it is sometimes tatty Tati...
...Testament in Modern English, translated by Phillips...
...Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, by Nikos Kazantzakis, translated by Kimon Friar. Only a very bold poet would have dared to pick up where Homer left off. Greece's late Nikos Kazantzakis did it in a vast, soaring poem in which high adventure, brutality and erotic appetites are finally subordinated to a search for self-knowledge...
After intermission, Elliot Forbes, conductor of the Glee Club and Choral Society, conducted a group of Christmas pieces, including a large group of modern works, and ending with three carols by Peter Warlock, whose orchestration sounded like something out of Hollywood. But they were an effective finish to a very enjoyable concert, and sent the audience home cheerful and happy...