Word: richer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Volpone is not only evil but endlessly beguiling, and in this magnificent production at Britain's National Theater he is also unfailingly amusing. As played by Paul Scofield, he is the grandfather of all con men. Feigning terminal illness, he convinces half of Venice-the richer half -that he will make each one his heir so long as he is kept in good humor until his death. The lure of his wealth-"letting the cherry knock against their lips," as he puts it-makes Volpone truly rich. Urged on by his servant Mosca, the Venetians beggar themselves to keep...
...Julia and the possibility of richer roles for women: I was first offered the role of Julia, but I didn't want to play her because I was too on the nose. I'm not interested in playing committed, way-out liberated women. I think most people aren't like that, and that the value of movies is to have characters that people can identify with and relate...
...screaming now, but I think they will find that the tribe has been generous. Or if not, they'll forget about it." Tureen's comment is an apt summary. After the issue is resolved, Gay Head will most likely slide back into anonymity. The Indians will be a little richer, the whites a little poorer, and perhaps justice--in some compromised sense--will have been done...
...acquisition is richer in history than profit. Founded as a high-class men's magazine by Gingrich and two partners, Esquire has been a clever and richly wrought showcase for most major writers of the century, from Thomas Wolfe to Tom Wolfe. But with the rise of raunchier men's books (Hugh Hefner dreamed up Playboy after leaving a $60 a week Esquire promotion-writing job in 1952), and uncertainty about what Esquire's voice should be (the monthly has had four editors in as many years), advertising and circulation have dwindled. Over the past two fiscal...
...some ghost of Nellie (I'm Gonna Wash That Man) Forbush will be hovering about the stage. She manages. Her one ditty is a wistful circus song that proves that at age 63, her heart wisely belongs not to memories of her glittering past but to a riper, richer present...