Word: prima
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Virtuoso: The reward of the instrumental virtuoso in glory and cash is beyond that of any other honest profession (except that of the prima donna...
...Prima Donna: The word has, in the mouths of the more thinking members of the musical public, taken on a half-humorous, half-caustic meaning . . . (The child who in an examination paper misspelt the term Prim Madonna was very young...
...Russian audiences ever since it was premiered at Leningrad's Kirov Theater in 1940. It has plenty of pageantry, a familiar, heart-wrenching plot sufficiently removed from the realities of the Socialist state to be acceptable on all levels, and a fat part for Russia's legendary Prima Ballerina Galina Ulanova, now 46. The Russians, well aware that...
Monday for Travel. Despite the rugged routine and close living, the itinerant competitors remain on remarkably good terms through the season. They live for golf, and the tournament grind leaves no patience for prima donnas. Mondays are usually for travel to the next tournament; Tuesdays and Wednesdays are dedicated to practice, mostly with the short irons. (Without the heft to wallop man-sized drives off the tee, the girls have to nibble at par by polishing their approach shots. Their chip shots are deadly, and a delight to watch.) Evenings, for all the gin rummy games or the inevitable cocktail...
...Parsons, said that Civil Service opportunities offer "fascinating and satisfying" results to the person who is willing to start at the bottom. "One of the most important aspects of an applicant is his attitude," Parsons continued. "Many students from Harvard, Princeton, and other schools expect to be treated like prima donnas, when they...