Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...play, and if so, how good a play? Having raised the first question, I shall drop it with the statement that whatever the proper lable for the work may be, it is often splendidly theatrical. With a surface reminiscent of a Charlie Chaplin film, it offers long stretches which are at once amusing and profound. But there are other stretches which are quite dull. The trouble here seems to be that Beckett ventured on dangerous ground when he did away with a plot and made his characters into symbols rather than people. The mainspring of drama is conflict between very...
...rice before serving his master's curry. On arriving, the Aga Khan would give Head Porter Chasper $10,000 to be handed out when the Aga Khan needed pocket money; the hotel would provide the Aga Khan (an Ismaili Moslem) with a compass, so he could determine the proper direction to face while praying. Once King Albert I of the Belgians, a hotel guest, greeted Host Badrutt: "You are King of St. Moritz. I am King of the Belgians. I greet you as a colleague...
Gaitskell replied to the delight of the audience, "I haven't had much experience with clubs outside of the House of Commons." He went on to say that his fundamental premise in discussing ther U.N. was that "university of membership" should be the proper goal...
...difficulties, tough, exacting General Curtis LeMay's SAC put on a near-perfect display of massive, smooth-functioning air power: every plane took off on schedule, every aerial refueling (the B-47s used some 16 million gallons of fuel during the exercise) was successfully carried out at the proper time in the proper place. The only casualties: three crew members of a B-47 that crashed in western Ontario...
...sprinkled throughout. To keep the spirit of improvisation intact, Bethlehem indulged in some offbeat casting, with surprising results. Frances Faye's bone-dry, heart-of-gold style is strangely apt as the voice of the inconstant Bess, and Mel Tormé's smoky tones give a proper touch of pathos to the part of the crippled Porgy. The oily voice of Al ("Jazzbo") Collins fills in narrative gaps between tunes. This procedure dilutes some of Porgy's dramatic excitement, but musically it is an exhilarating affair...