Word: raring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...summons one of three noble Women of the Bedchamber who serve her in shifts of two weeks each, and together they go over the morning mail. "It is Queen Mary's inflexible rule," writes Wulff, "that every letter she receives shall be answered [in longhand] with the extremely rare exceptions of importunate letters from undesirables and occasional missives from unfortunates out of their senses...
Hale & hearty at 82, the Queen Mother has no use for weakness of any kind. Her standards are as rigid and unchanging as her styles in hats and dresses. At one of her rare visits to an exhibition of modern art, says Wulff, "Queen Mary frankly did not like what she saw . . . Rather than offend the feelings of the artist by expressing her opinion, she remained silent...
...cello, on the other hand, frequently could not be heard. On a few rare occasions it could be heard all so much. During the rondo movement of the Sonata G minor and the last movement of the Sonata in A major it went distinctly flat. The general impression created was that Mr. Brown was nowhere near up to the technical standards that the piano was setting. He played too quietly and lacked the precise timing necessary in the fast movements...
...Scott of the Antarctic" is a rare example of the triumph of honest melodrama--a film which faithfully records the melodrama of actual events. There is no toying with spectacular effects, no falsely dramatic sequences. As a result, the natural spectacle of the Antarctic and the genuine drama of Scott's struggle against it come through with clarity and power...
...visitor all is not so bleak. Medieval Moorish mosques, alhambras, elegant cathedrals enriched with rare Grocos and Velasquezes lured some tourists. Audalusian gypsies, bright Catalunian flesta scenes, and the gay, mantilla-draped senoritas attracted others...