Word: puree
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...operations of a 17,000-man infantry division was big and exciting. It gave direct, driving Leo Hoegh a broader horizon, a new sense of confidence in his own administrative ability, an urge to get things done fast. But back in Iowa, these new-found qualities were not necessarily pure assets. Says Virgil Meyer, Hoegh's law partner: "It took Leo about five years to settle down. He was all Army. He wanted to talk right at the point, and you can't always do that in the law. The only thing I could...
Debussy: Songs (Suzanne Banco, soprano; Guido Agosti, piano; London). A dozen samples of ecstasy in the French manner, i.e., the music sometimes croons languorously, sometimes soars dizzily, sometimes seems almost paralyzed with rapture. Debussy is the perfect composer for all this, French is the perfect language, I and the pure, true, warm voice of Soprano Banco is practically ideal...
...legal division), specifically a young attorney in one of Manhattan's sprawling and powerful law factories. As outlined by Novelist-Lawyer Louis Auchincloss, Timothy Colt's problem is how to conform to a pattern whose place in the moral spectrum lies comfortably between the shining white of pure integrity and the smudgy black of downright dishonesty. At the start, as an eager apprentice in the prosperous firm of Sheffield, Knox, Stevens & Dale, young Timmy, top student and Law Review editor, fairly radiates integrity. He worships Partner Henry Knox, the kindly, austere senior who regards his firm...
...week's end, CBS served up its first spectacular of the season (Ford Star Jubilee), a radiant TV tribute to Songwriter Cole Porter's 40 years in show business. Though pure off-Broadway Porter, You're the Top was breezy, beautiful, and one of the biggest-budgeted ($250,000) live shows in TV history. A baker's dozen of high-priced Hollywood musical stylists served up a mishmash of 24 musical numbers, stylishly staged by Broadway Choreographer Robert (Pal Joey) Alton...
...fact, however, that this noble blood strain has not been able to maintain its pure position. The entrance of Commander Whitehead into commerce is only the most obvious example of internal difficulty. The Muse no longer smiles constantly on that house. D.H. Lawrence and Ezra Pound, proud members of the Line, have, brought credit, but showed signs of a weakening of the force which ran through Longfellow...