Word: robustly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Flagstad, a robust 53 with a dairymaid's complexion, her return to Norway was simply a question of going home to her family, which was in danger. "I never thought of it any other way," she says...
...Connolly's frank and intelligent book is his conception of "the artist." To Connolly, art is a fragile thing, and its maker a highly vulnerable esthete. Gide, Proust, Strachey, Rimbaud and other artists of a particularly tortured and susceptible nature are his inspiration; he draws none from more robust types such as Dickens, Trollope, Shaw, Dostoevsky, Thackeray. His artist is a creature entirely different from the rest of humanity-a fact that makes Connolly regard Mr. Shelleyblake's failure as something horrifying and unusual, as though it were not a common fate in all walks of life...
Still on Broadway are such robust old-timers as Harvey, Born Yesterday, Annie Get Your Gun. Younger favorites...
...answer yes to any of these questions, says Dr. Will, your mental health is probably none too robust, and a psychiatrist would do you more good than harm...
Hollywood, sniffing drama and dollars, decided to get in on the act by filming The Babe Ruth Story. It turned out to be a mawkish tribute that left out everything that was robust about the man. Last week, back in the hospital again at 53, the Babe was deluged with letters wishing him well; newspapers were swamped with calls asking about his condition, ballpark crowds stood in silent prayer for his recovery. This week death came to George Herman Ruth...