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Word: morrises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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At the outset, John Morris's harp chords and sustained flute convey an ominous mood appropriate for the 16th-century Vienna where "quite athwart goes all decorum." Michael Kahn has added a brief prologue that introduces us to some of the unsavory people in the city--including a blind beggar...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Philip Kerr Excels in 'Measure for Measure' | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

The play's only song, "Take, o take those lips away" (which also turns up in Beaumont and Fletcher's play Rollo, with music by John Wilson), is assigned by Shakespeare to a young boy, who serenades Mariana in the garden of her "moated grange." Instead of a solo ayre...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Philip Kerr Excels in 'Measure for Measure' | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

Ten from "Your Show of Shows". A sampling of the 160 90-minute weekly shows directed and produced by Max Liebman from 1950 to 1954, starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris. A few classic comic skits from one of the greatest clowns in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

Brezhnev appeared a little tired as he sat down to conduct a press conference in a large room that is used for meetings by the Politburo every Thursday afternoon. Sipping black coffee and alternately smoking Russian and American cigarettes (Philip Morris multifilter), he seemed to revive as the translated questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Inside Brezhnev's Office | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

But Girls most resembles a political novel in the way its narrative keeps jerking to a halt like a campaign train, while Morris hops off to deliver a high-flown speech ("An aura of romance and beauty surrounded her, there was a rare electricity to her movements, she seemed touched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Such Good Friends | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

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