Word: nice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Four Short Duets for Viola and Cello, by Stephen Addiss, have little in the way of structural subtlety. They do not give the impression of careful construction or particular refinement. Here and there a nice hummable tune or warm sonority occurs--but that...
...fairies, while retaining their mock grace throughout, have enough individuality of feature to be genuinely comic, rather than a mere weary shuffling crowd. And the Peers manage to retain their stiff upper lips almost all the time, but fortunately not quite all the time. (Besides, they manage some very nice harmonies.) Richard Grand, the stage director, keeps them moving just enough to keep things lightsome...
...literary opinion ("This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have"), a thank-you note ("Thank you for your nice present. I always wanted a pin cushion, although not very much"), or a get-well verse to teacher...
...California, Republican Thomas Kuchel had a reputation as a nice guy and a solid but thoroughly unspectacular member of the U.S. Senate. Apart from his grip on President Eisenhower's coattails, Kuchel was hardly considered a match for fast-talking, matinee idolish Democrat Richard Richards. Last week Tom Kuchel walloped Richard Richards by more than 400,000 votes. The size of his victory indicated that he had won on his own, not on Ike's coattails. And it contradicted the maxim of latter-day fellow Californian Leo Durocher, who once said positively: "Nice guys finish last...
Although a few of the lines seem terribly familiar--"You swear all the time," "I do nothing of the kind, damn it!"--the mood is buoyant, because the stage is often full of two alligators, nice bits of Life With Father, and Walter Pidgeon, who has a wonderful time bounding around in the title role. He has an effective supporting cast headed by Diana van der Vlis as his boxing daughter, and George Grizzard as her finance. The several actresses who play society women all flutter very nicely. So does the play...