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...that Lear's greatness is inward and "intellectual," and that when put behind the footlights he becomes merely "an old man tottering about . . . with a walking stick." There are other problems. The sharpest drama in the play-Lear's division of his kingdom-comes at the very outset, making the play itself all aftermath. There is not only an elaborate subplot about Gloucester and his sons, but plot and subplot are two tales with but a single theme...
...State Street" could have been terribly overdone, but Director-producer Sidney Gilliat molds it into a tense and believable story. He begins with Marlowe about to be shot, and then uses flashbacks. This sets up a feeling of hopelessness at the outset which is maintained almost until...
...game can be played by candlelight in an empty coal cellar, a padded cell, or other convenient room, and the apparatus can easily be improvised. At the outset, whoever can place the largest number of square pegs in round holes becomes the "Government." Then cards are dealt around. Each player in turn presents his card, which is marked "Coal," "Gas," "Transport," "Steel," or the name of some other industry. Then the "Government" player presents his trump card, "Nationalisation," and takes his opponents' cards, handing them scraps of paper of dubious value in return...
King's success as a Canadian statesman was equally solid. Under him, Canada, which had had difficulty proving its right to sign a World War I peace treaty independently, became one of the richest and most important small nations in the world. From the outset, King insisted that Canada's foreign policies should be decided in Ottawa instead of London. Under his leadership Canada began to sign her own treaties and send her own ambassadors abroad. King's pattern of independence helped change the whole structure of the British Empire. By the Statute of Westminster...
...babies. The answers showed a meaningful relationship to their later success in nursing. Of the mothers who said positively "I'm going to," or "I'd love to," 74% did. Among those who were doubtful or had mixed feelings, 35% succeeded. Of those who said at the outset that they expected or preferred to use the bottle, only 26% were actually able to nurse their babies...