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...accents, customs and national traits, the ties of sentiment between the two countries are notably stronger than those between Spain and the former Spanish colonies in the New World -partly because Brazil won her independence from Portugal (in 1822) without gunfire and bloodshed. When Portugal got into a quarrel with India last year over the tiny colony of Goa, Brazil sent India a note backing Portugal's stand, and the Portuguese are still aglow with gratitude...
Possibly the only quarrel I have with the structure of the Gondoliers is the absence of a prominent and clever patter song. The defect is, however, somewhat covered by numerous biting lines that can add considerable sharpness to the action between songs, and the cast is quick to find the comedy in many of them. Yet others are lost because, as in the first act, the dialogue has been paced too rapidly and the punch line is buried under the heavy dirgue of the following speech. If Director Richard Smithies had applied his talent in developing the humor with...
...Chinese delegation has come here to seek unity and not to quarrel," he protested. "China has no intention whatsoever to subvert the government of its neighboring countries. On the contrary, it is China that is suffering from the subversive activities which are openly carried out without any disguise by the U.S." Why didn't the delegates come and see for themselves? "We have no bamboo curtain, but some people are spreading a smoke-screen between...
Unlimited progress now seemed a hopeless dream. In his 25th reunion biography, Hicks writes, "For a long time I had been dubious about the values of an acquisitive society, but it was hard to quarrel with a system that was delivering the goods. When, however, the system broke down, I quickly became convinced that something had to be done about it. As Lincoln Steffens said, the Communists seemed to be the only people who were seriously trying to change the system, and I began to travel with the Communists...
...improvement in the composers' technique is the more careful weaving of sings into book. "There Once was a Man" and "Steam Heat" were show-stoppers no one would quarrel with, but they could claim no relevance to the pajama industry. Damn Yankees has a tight unity in all departments, the songs contribute to the action, and the action is weirdly plausible and even exciting. From "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant," you may know the plot A middle-aged baseball fan sells his soul to the devil in order to become a young sports hero and rescues the Washington...