Word: polisher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost every aspect of the show seemed to suffer the dire effects of too little time. Fortunately, there were frequent indications that this was the major shortcoming of the whole affair; most of the actors showed that despite their lack of polish they were capable of highly creditable performances, and John van Itallie's direction, too, seemed a basically competent job spoiled by lack of time for study and correction...
...talents of the actors and the excellence of Wilbur's verse are worthy of Edward Thommen's direction, which shows wit and polish in matters of pacing, blocking, and maneuvering on a very small stage. There can be no argument with his deft exploitation of rather difficult and challenging scenes. The setting by Panos Ghikas and Natalie Johnson's costumes are extremely well-conceived and well-executed, and Paul Des Marais' entr'acte music is nice if brief...
...first function has been to present Bach's cantatas, suites, and concerti in capable performances. On Sunday night guest conductor Landon Young '58 successfully avoided the two major pitfalls which face the conductor of Bach: the performance was neither Romantic nor pedantic in approach, although it did lack polish...
...only a few weeks after the conference at Yalta, a group of 16 Polish underground leaders was invited to Moscow to discuss Russian-occupied Poland's private problems. Carrying with it a Russian general's "word of honor" that its "personal safety is assured," the group headed for Russia. One of the group's leaders was General Leopold Okulicki, who succeeded General Bor as leader of the home underground army that fought the Nazis and then, in a vain bid to stop the transfer of Poland from Nazi to Red rule, harassed the on-moving Red army...
Membership in six major U.S. religious groups: Protestant, 57,124,142; Roman Catholic, 32,403,332; Jewish, 5,500,000; Eastern Orthodox, 2,024,219; Old Catholic and Polish National Catholic, 367,918; Buddhist...