Word: reasonably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...surface of a small, central-heated star would not resemble earthly life. It would have to get along without light, except perhaps faint starlight, and it would have to cope with gravitation and probably atmospheric pressures enormously greater than are felt on earth. But there is no reason why life in such a place could not evolve into intelligent forms...
...main reason behind this paucity of hits was a brilliant effort by Quaker pitcher Weed. the day before the game, Shepard mentioned that if coach Jack McCloskey started Weed, Pennsylvania would have a slight edge. This prediction unfortunately proved quite true. Equipped with an excellent curve, which was his main pitch, Weed had the Crimson batters constantly off balance, and the Quakers had little trouble with the resultant pop flies and grounders...
...good deal was riding on this attempt at repertory. Its failure indicates that Americans (there is no reason to suppose that Bostonians are unique) do not want good theatre, and will not take it when it is offered. It will be hard now to read the success of a good play as indicating anything except that an audience has been stampeded by hit psychology, coaxed by affection for a favorite star, dragged by dumb loyalty to a particular critic, or tempted by the possibility of sexual excitement...
...There's no reason why realism shouldn't be poetic in its effect... But now that Kazan is beginning to impose on realistic plays like Sweet Bird and Cat [on a Hot Tin Roof] an operatic style, I think it's dangerous and forced." The mainstream of American drama ("I hate to use phrases like 'mainstream,'" says Tynan) has to do with "observable reality. I think--let's be frank--that Kazan has moved too far away from that without the moral or social realities that are necessary to sustain it. Even in a play like Our Town ... the performances...
...reason for the Crimson's relatively easy win was that Cornell had the same problem as Coolidge in choosing which boat was to row as varsity, but evidently chose wrong. The result was to make the junior varsity race a tight contest every foot...