Word: richness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...freight cars this year, against about 65,000 in 1965. In smaller measure, the steel industry is benefiting from an all-out drive to use its products as substitutes for copper, in everything from plumbing to refrigerator tubing. Reason: copper prices have been driven sky-high by copper-rich countries, such as Chile and Zambia, cashing in on a world shortage...
...haute couture: black jump suit for tussling with a would-be lover; slinky silk for all-out assaults; a peekaboo cape for evenings of casual intrigue. Ostensibly, Modesty is a retired criminal genius hired by the British government to save a shipment of diamonds en route to an oil-rich Middle Eastern sheikdom...
Near the end of the first act of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England is on stage with his wife Alice, his daughter Margaret, and his future son-in-law, William Roper. Just leaving is Richard Rich, later to prove the mortal enemy who by perjury sends More to his death. Rich has aroused the suspicions of all, and Alice, Margaret, and Roper urge More to arrest him because be is a bad and dangerous man. More refuses, saying that Rich has broken no law. Exasperated, More's wife bursts...
...sentimental Duke is clothed in rich blue and green brocade, and the garments of his companions are equally handsome, Olivia, in mourning for her brother, wears brown and black, and carries a conical parasol. Her conniving uncle Sir Today, a toper, is a monstrous barrel of rose wine come to life, with a wide sash just barely able to function as a hoop to keep the barrel from bursting. The foolish Sir Andrew is dothed in an orange and claret that are subtly incompatible...
John Cunningham's Duke is clear but tepid. Adolph Caesar brings a rich voice to the Priest, but his make-believe senility is false. Stephen Pearlman's Antonio exhibits acrocious diction and no comprehension. And how could the director allow him to pass right by Viola-Cesario when exiting in pursuit of the look-alike Sebastian without Antonio's batting an eye? The suspension of disbelief can stretch only...