Word: richness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...BEASTLY BEATITUDES OF BALTHAZAR B, by J. P. Donleavy. Fumbling seductions and moneyed monkeyshines fill Donleavy's tall tale of a rich and dreamy young man in Paris, Dublin and London...
Trim and lithe, her rich brown hair flowing over her shoulders, America's only working queen strides the hilly lanes of her capital, Gangtok. As she passes by, the Sikkimese smile, nod and stop to chat, all formality forgotten. Hope Cooke, the shy Sarah Lawrence student married five years to the King of Sikkim, finds herself very much at home in the tiny Himalayan country. "The mountains," she says, "give me such a secure feeling. I don't feel vulnerable here...
...trend in music moved away from virile counterpoint toward softer melody and simple accompaniment, from rich harmonic modulations toward more basic cadences, and from daring elaboration toward the cultivation of controlled elegance. Bach's composer sons-notably Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christian and Wilhelm Friedemann -were all attracted to this style. After his death, Bach was mourned as a fine organist and teacher, but for 70 years his reputation as a composer was kept alive only by a few enthusiasts and composers, notably Mozart and Beethoven...
...swirl of capes and costumes, balloons and special effects, the Potts come to the rescue, triumphing over twin evils: the baron and the score. Written by Robert and Richard Sherman (Mary Poppins), the eleven songs have all the rich melodic variety of an automobile horn. Persistent syncopation and some breathless choreography partly redeem it, but most of the film's sporadic success is due to Director Ken Hughes's fantasy scenes, which make up in imagination what they lack in technical facility. Next to Tiny Tim's hallowed remark, the holiday season's most overworked phrase...
...blood-soaked operating amphitheater. Yet with all his excesses, Marquand is a figure of refinement compared with Scenarist Buck Henry (The Graduate), whose idea of humor is an aside to the heroine: "Why don't you put a meter on it and we'll all get rich...