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...Courtin' Time" is a patchwork-quilt of a musical. Parts of it are excellent--for instance, George Balanchine's choreography, and the lyrics and music of Jack Lawrence and Don Walker. But at the same time the show has some of the most bideous costumes and scenery, by Saul Bolasni and Ralph Alswang respectively, that have ever been seen in these parts; William Roos' book is only occasionally funny and seldom original; and many of the performances are below par. The result is a show that has its bright spots but is often tiresome...
Balanced but Unpredictable. Calder never works his mobiles out mathematically in advance. He calculates the delicate balances of each part by the cut-and-try method. "It's like making a patchwork quilt," he says. "You can't predict...
Recent international developments have made one thing clear about the nation's patchwork draft deferment policy: as time goes on, it will be incapable of handling the needs of the armed forces in a manner fair to prospective draftees. The manpower shortage is "more critical" than is generally supposed, according to Selective Service officials, and draft boards are dipping more and more freely into the 2-A lists--men deferred to finish their education--in order to fill their quotas...
...point to a bleeding wart and say: "That one's degenerating a little . . . Won't stop bleeding. Give me a little Novocain and take it off." The wound would be grafted with skin from Dr. Brown's belly or leg, which soon began to look like patchwork quilts...
...patchwork quilt day, a day of multi-colored squares, a day which means something different to every individual...