Word: oval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Domingo el Antiguo. In it, the Christ Child becomes a glowing pearl, illuminating with otherworldly radiance the three adoring shepherds and St. Joseph in his blue tunic and yellow cloak. Presiding over the scene that soars heavenward like a mighty Gloria in Excelsis is the figure of Mary. The oval face, pointed chin and downcast eyes are the features of Dona Jeronima de las Cuevas, the woman El Greco may never have married but who bore him his only...
...down wrestlers. "Dig it, dig it, dig it!" Duffy shouts at them. Then, as if they have not had enough. the players troop over to the stadium for one final exercise. In stocking feet, they make three running trips up the concrete stairs to the top of the great oval...
Director Marston Balch has solved the set problem resourcefully. He divided the oval acting arena into two parts. On one he built a platform to represent a villa porch, to which a row of suspended colored lanterns contributed much. Steps led down to the other part, which served as the garden. Beyond this, in the space usually belonging to the entranceway, he removed a portion of the wall and built another platformed area to function as a garden kiosk...
What killed the Big Show? Circusmen blame skyrocketing costs. Ringling last year paid a $500,000 railroad bill v. $150,000 in 1940. Downtown circus lots big enough for the 26,000-yard oval of the Big Top are either unavailable or exorbitantly expensive in most U.S. cities. For a business whose methods have changed little since its cheap-labor heyday, the cost of moving from town to town has become prohibitive. On top of that, today's children, surfeited with TV tinsel, no longer quicken to the real-life roar of lions, the aerialist's heart-stopping...
...after Parry finished did the track-wise crowd get a chance to settle down. The games expanded into the organized confusion of all indoor track meets. The pole vault had started, but no one would bother watching until the bar passed 14 feet. Tobacco smoke gathered over the tight oval of the banked-board track while sweat-suited runners in their warmups jogged endlessly toward nowhere. Hurdlers twisted into weird calisthenics all over the infield. Here and there some exhibitionist dropped into a handstand, presumably to loosen his legs. Hordes of officials in boiled shirts hardly had room...