Word: neat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Epic staging, so highly vaunted of late, meets every expectation and is a neat solution when faced with a dining hall that isn't a theatre. I suspect many people could not read the legends flashed on a high screen but with the clarity on stage below, this should have caused no confusion. John Ratte's settings were unusual, even for the College, where good sets have been the rule in most productions. Leslie Van Zandt's costumes also added to the general aura of professional quality. General Manager Thomas Merriam, Stage Manager Ricardo de la Espiriella, and Technical Director...
...head-on directness of Sivard's paintings (opposite), their flatness and deliberately stiff drawing, result in a naive, pseudoprimitive air. But Sivard is no primitive, as his clear, soft colors, neat compositions and elaborate use of textures demonstrate. He found what he saw charming, set out to communicate, in a quiet way, the charm he felt. Even Paris recognized its own reflection in Sivard's little mirrors. When his pictures were first shown abroad, the Paris paper Combat exulted: "What joy ... to find works like these...
...industry, had other benefits that few companies had. At company banquets, Watson liked to lead his employees in singing company songs such as his Hail to IBM* anthem. Every executive, both big and little, became a polished speechmaker, and all dressed like Watson. He wanted them to look neat...
...Oxford is a neat, small, coherent, and stale crew. Their form has commanded plaudits from all sides, but their speed and racing Instinct is highly dubious. By English standards Cambridge has a large crew, by three pounds the heaviest ever to row in the Boat Race. We are certainly not as smooth, but have far more power and vigour...
Though some of Philosopher Hoffer's aphorisms are fatuous, The Passionate State of Mind demonstrates again his knack for neat, 17th century-style brooding on 20th century problems. Samples...