Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What was the point of a ballet without music? Said Lichine, "I have tried to show the public what goes on in my mind when I am creating a new ballet . . . The problems of getting people to dance without music are tantalizingly difficult . . . instead of dancing by ear they have to dance by eye ... I will not create another one ... I love music and I hate silence...
Until the tabloids came along, headlines tended to be wordy and dull, with each "bank" of type telling part of the story. Now, most headlines are briefer and more to the point. Nowhere in the U.S. are they as pointed, cynical, impudent or brassily clever as in the Daily News. Sample (on meat prices and inflation...
...most of his ex-Army pals get on his nerves. Eventually he gets so careless about who is hanged that his wife (Ellen Drew) and his best friend (William Hoiden) run out on him. A lot of the town-folk still regard him as a hero, but at this point the movie becomes an unusual western by seeming to ask: "Is there a psychiatrist in the house...
Coach Harper said he was particularly pleased with the work of forward Bill Hickey and guard Bill Borah. Hickey, basketball captain at Exeter last year, scored only seven points, but his competent ball-handling was a steadying influence on the team. The only man on the squad to play the full 40 minutes, Hickey managed to control the backboards despite his height of only 5 feet 7 inches. Jerry Murphy was the high scorer with 15 points. Ray Savoc was only one point behind to lead the Bruins' attack. Lanky Crimson center Jim Stevenson contributed ten tallies for the visitors...
Twice in the evening, before the half and just before the final whistle, the Bruins cashed in on poor ball-handling and defense work by the Crimson. The first time, they made up a nine-point deficit, narrowing the half-time Crimson load to 23 to 30. A series of three field goals coming among a flurry of fouls Inter ended the game with Barclay's squad still clutching a two point margin...