Word: potpourri
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Time Capsule (Sun. 7:30 p.m., ABC). A tape-recorded potpourri of life in the U.S., e.g., Harry Truman playing the piano, Will Rogers discussing philosophy...
...venture is part of the Law School's new program of research into Comparative Law. It is specifically designed to aid the Israeli government in revamping the confused and unwieldy legal system now in practise. The present code is a potpourri combining Turkish, English, Hebrew, and Arabis judicial procedure...
...Siamese prince, a Brazilian radio commentator, "April in Paris," a ship-to-shore crew broadcast, and 2,900 athletes, dignitaries, and freshmen--this potpourri can be thrown together and considered as one because of the unofficial hosts of Harvard College, the Crimson Key Society...
Some plays are realistic and others present symbols or messages. A Little Evil, however, is a meatpie. The farcical lines, moralistic sermons, and Ozark philosophy mouthed by its characters are lacking in both humor and artistic insight. Unfortunately the playwrite, Alexander Greendale, is unable to bake his potpourri into a very theatrical dish...
With the permission of Lawrence's publishers, Critic David Garnett has now done a bit of lifting. In his Lawrence potpourri, which consists of specimens from Lawrence's books, articles and letters, two excerpts from The Mint appear for the first time. Reminiscent of E. E. Cummings' World War I memoir, The Enormous Room, the excerpts are vignettes of army life: the loneliness of a first night in barracks, the sense of class war between officers and men, the comradeship of airmen...