Word: plain
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...prince (Giselle). Though it is sometimes called "American" ballet, it pays almost no attention to "Americana." The repertory leans heavily (about 60%) on the choreographic work of Balanchine himself. A typical program might contain his Symphony in C, set to Bizet and danced in simple costumes against a plain blue backdrop; his showy Pas de Trois (music from Minkus' Don Quixote) as a sop to oldtimers who like to watch three top soloists show off their grace and strength; his grotesque fantasy of insect life, Metamorphoses (music by Hindemith). and perhaps one of popular Choreographer Jerome Robbins' impudent...
...spring, but between sessions, John Bricker and his disciples carried their case through the nation. Bricker returned to Congress last week with not only the backing of his powerful old ally, the American Bar Association, but the endorsement of the American Medical Association and major veterans' groups. The plain fact confronting the conference in Ike's study: John Bricker had assembled enough Republican and Democratic votes to get his amendment through the Congress, and enough support in enough states to get the amendment into the Constitution...
...said. "He doesn't have anything to do. It will keep him awake." The trouble is that the Constitution does not give the Vice President much work to do. His sole, specific mission is to preside over the Senate. Since the jealous Senate has always made it plain that "preside" was to be interpreted in the narrowest possible sense, anybody who can stay awake can do that...
...Pakistan's protests against India's jailing of the deposed Sheik Abdullah of Kashmir. The Indians, who had long agitated for Ghaffar Khan's release, front-paged the good news. They got a shock when, upon leaving jail. Ghaffar Khan proved to be as independent and plain-speaking as ever. To the cheering crowds who garlanded him with flowers, he declared that Kashmir rightfully belongs to Pakistan-and that he had twice offered his services in Kashmir on Pakistan's behalf. Jawaharlal Nehru had no comment...
Before Rose accepts Hume's offer of marriage, she has refused proposals from two other Main Liners. Her "simple unaffectedness" seems to be irresistible. As for Main Liners, Hume defends them against the common accusation of being lordly by firmly declaring, "We are plain people." Within Novelist Huston's one-dimensional range, they are so plain as to seem commonplace, but that may not be entirely the author's fault...