Word: oscarization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...George Bernard Shaw waited until 1903 to say: "There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it" [TIME, Sept. 19], he ought to have given proper credit for it to Oscar Wilde...
...Fifty-seven years ago Oscar Wilde, in his play Lady Winder mere's Fan, said: "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst, the last is areal tragedy." Behind several Shavian faces is the laughing ghost of Oscar Wilde...
Every morning, when Education Minister Oscar Ivanissevich comes to work, he goes through a little ceremony. First he bows deeply before the portraits of President Peron and la Señora. Then, flinging open the French windows, he fills his lungs with 100% Argentine air. Finally he shouts ecstatically: "Good morning, my Fatherland...
...surgeon by profession, a guitarist and poet by avocation) also heads a secretariat of culture which has inquired in the past year into such matters as anti-religious sentiment in comic strips, the faulty patriotism of newsreels, and the alleged immorality of lyrics to certain popular tangos. Last week Oscar got around...
Actors' Studio (Wed. 8:30 p.m., ABC-TV). Oscar Wilde's The Canterbury Ghost...