Word: rigorousity
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The R.S.C. can run like a machine but sustains itself like a family. Members typically commit themselves to a season each in Stratford and in London, with out side work negotiable. The pay is short (from $208 to $960 a week), and the training is rigorous. Besides daily rehearsals, actors...
Of the 65 or so luxury liners that call at U.S. ports, few were built to standards as strict as those that governed the construction of the Prinsendam. The others were designed to meet earlier, less rigorous safety specifications and are registered in flag-of-convenience countries, such as Liberia...
Hopper belonged to the first generation of artists whose work voted for secession from Paris. In 1927 he stated his belief that "now or in the near future"-the caution was typical of the man-"American art should be weaned from its French mother." But by the end of the...
The review, which comes not long after Kael returned from a desultory nine-month stint as a Hollywood consultant, made others in the word business a bit nervous. "Unfortunate," sniffed New Yorker Editor William Shawn, who quickly added that "every writer has a right to express himself." "Absolutely terrific!" said...
If there is indeed bias, among those responsible for it are orthopedists, who are conventional medicine's chief authorities on the back. When consulted by patients, these and other back specialists will usually start off with some rigorous questioning. When and how did the pain begin? Where is it...