Word: potion
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...even throughout its range, so flawless in its phrasing that most critics went ecstatic. Four days later came Tristan und Isolde and all hats were in the air. Flagstad could sing. Though she indulged in no pyrotechnics, she was quietly effective as she raised the cup, offered the love potion to Tristan. Again at the end she reached rare heights when, with her voice still fresh and sure, she kneeled beside Tristan's body and sang the demanding Liebestod...
...Party in America. The students, 80% of them against 20%, wish to continue its right to plead its cause. Turning to another question, the Cantabrigians are found to favor the Teachers' Oath. Thus they at least suggest that they wish to prevent America's future leaders from drinking any potion that might possibly bring on a rash. The youths, on the other hand, by their preponderant opposition to the Oath, indicate that they want to be taught all there is to know. It is at least logical to infer that this longing includes a desire to understand possible substitutes...
...lamb chop in aspic'' was not John Vincey, but his valiant servant who had had a terrific encounter with a sabre-toothed monster. John Vincey, on the other hand, was miraculously preserved on a very uncomfortable looking slab, only to be unceremoniously consumed by a powerful potion poured over him by She, herself, when Leo Vincey appears to be a reincarnation of his ill-fated ancestor...
...such predecessors in the rôle as Jane Cowl and Eva Le Gallienne. Her technical resource was never strained as she ran the gamut of shy girlishness in the opening scenes, mischievous eroticism on the star lit balcony, near-delirium when about to take Friar Laurence's potion. Newspaper reviewers sent up a praiseful paean to the adjectival accompaniment of: "Lovely! Exquisite! Extraordinary! Marvelous! Thrilling! Exciting! Radiant! True magnificence! Superlative!" Burns Mantle of the Daily News: "The potion scene, I venture, has never been as tellingly read as Miss Cornell gave it last night, simply, without affected hysteria...
Recent utterances of the President Indicate an obviously defensive attitude for which there can be no political reason as the Democratic flood continues unabated. Power is a headler potion than alcohol and morning after headaches more certain and severe. To the philosophic observer his recent remarks savor of disillusion as one who reluctantly must lay aside cherished dreams to achieve bread and butter. Perhaps it is realized that the Brain Trusters' panaceas may precipitate an industrial crash that will beggar the recent banking collapse unless the New Dealers secure the cooperation and help of practical business men. Platitudes and generalities...