Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Commercial Press of collected what they regarded as the most accurate versions of the 468-odd works in the set, and reproduced the original Chinese character texts in facsimile. They are taken from manuscripts and woodblocks relatively free from type graphical errors and editorial alterations One error in the printing or editing of a Chinese character alters its meaning completely, making accuracy extremely important...
However, only about 20 complete sets and scattered single volumes of the 1000 odd sets originally published in China an extant in U.S. Sinological institutes and libraries. Their current market price in Hong Kong...
...born-and-bred New Yorker chose acting as the easiest thing to do on the G.I. Bill sides the Dramatic Workshop was then near Madison Square Garden, and "I didn't want to miss too many events." At the moment, having lost bringing in Odd Couple, Matthau considers acting "the hardest job known to mankind," and he works and worries his craft to unusual perfection...
...Odd Couple part of the tough, sprawling sportswriter, Matthau for once has a role that, without strain fits him like an old pair of pants. In fact he wears a pair of his own on stage, marvelously purple dungarees that cost him 12? in Chinatown. Like Oscar in the play, Matthau is a natural-born lounger, poker fan and sports butt...
...formula used in The Bridge of San Luis Rey is here applied to an odd bunch of California misfits; the catastrophe they share is the news of President Kennedy's assassination. As the shock wave reverberates through their minds, Morris reveals the cracks and flaws of personality that in his view divide Americans from one another and thus make such a senseless outrage all too understandable. The book has the makings of a strong sermon; as a novel it runs aground within 50 pages in the shallows of its eccentric cast...