Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unfortunately, Joyce Freelander's Phyllis is given little that is very clever to say or sing. And so her voice, which often meanders across the proper key, is rather disturbing. Even her obvious and infections delight in being on a stage does not out-balance her inadequacy. But Dusty Gould, who played the fairy queen, came through with a clear alto to match her fine acting...
...British view of life. It is designed to 1) negotiate streets whose narrowness memorializes the Briton's refusal to change anything old, 2) protect a person's sacred right of privacy, 3) commemorate the principle that every man-in this case, the cabbie-must keep his proper place...
...leaders of Russia were, in effect, carrying away the pile of faggots which Stalin had prepared for victims still to be found, in a purge that would have a long time to run. At the proper time, the new leaders would have burnings of their own, but they preferred to choose their own method and timing...
...stubborn seeker after realism Stevens relies heavily on a "reflective technique," i.e., an actor's reaction to a line or situation. At times he resorts to trickery to get the proper reaction. On Shane one old standby worked perfectly with Villain Jack Palance, who seemed unable to turn on the right expression of amused contempt in one scene. Actor Elisha Cook Jr. had an angry line: "You're a no-good, lying Yankee!" Palance's facial expression earned too much contempt and not enough amusement. Finally, Stevens took Cook aside for a whispered moment. When the camera...
...minor technical changes can wait until the departments and tutors have reached an agreement as to proper procedure. When the tutors become little more than highly informed members of the groups, then tutorial will be at full effect, and students will need no compulsion to attend...