Word: romanticization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bobs & Sallies. For change-ringing purposes, a set of eight bells (called "Major") ranging from treble to tenor, are numbered one to eight. At the outset of a Plain Bob Major,t the bells are sounded in sequence (known as "rounds"), i.e., 12345678. Then changes are rung: 2143-6587, 24163857...
Oldtime Speedboat King Gar Wood, 73, was still having the sort of woe that most romantic gentlemen his age only remember. Five years ago he tangled in court with a resolute young thing who claimed that she was "more than a secretary" to Wood in his $100,000 Miami home...
Weber: Six Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Carlo Bussotti, piano: London). For all their outdated sighs and postures, these youthful works of the first genuine German Romantic composer (1786-1826) are melodious, unpretentious and full of charm..
It is very easy to scoff at this movie and to laugh at the amount of talent and money Hollywood has squandered on another of its epics. But it should be pointed out that Henry V and Gone With the Wind were both Technicolor epics, yet succeeded as art as...
After explaining the supers' positions during the Toreador Song, "that--uh--classic aria," he led them to the dressing room on the fourth floor. Long rows of light bulbs were reflected from the broken mirrors of a communal dressing table. It was all very romantic. The gypsy costumes were filthy...