Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wall Street, Boeing Airplane Co. last week supplied a sad example of how jittery the stock market is these days, especially in reaction to offhand remarks of Administration officials. At a press conference, Secretary of Defense Wilson vaguely remarked that production of the B-52 intercontinental bomber might soon "be up for reconsideration," depending on the performance of Convair's newer, supersonic B58 Hustler bomber. Though Wilson's statement did nothing more than reflect the routine Pentagon procedure of constantly reappraising air needs, the Wall Street Journal blew it up into a long scare story headlined: PENTAGON WEIGHS...
...greed. And Schlesinger's set pieces on the U.S. scene during the Depression read like excerpts from the New Masses of the 30s; his description of the Democratic Convention hall in 1932 is thick with cloying, selfconscious phrases: "The organ drowning out the bad times, casting out the sad times . . . HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN...
...there is fine acting in the production. As Doctor Astrov, Robert Jordan is extraordinarily right. His skillful make-up helps his exceptional voice and delightful, slightly grand manner; he becomes both noble and sad, within seriousness, especially in his most effective scene, and displays a remarkable facility in portraying comedy where he is drunk. As Vanya, John Mautner is at moments persuasive. His performance vacillates uneasily, however, and his awkward arms and constantly nervous voice and eyes were occasionally distracting. Even if Vanya is nervous, Mautner could well be more relaxed...
...high price of Cambridge liquor or the low level of undergraduate living. It may be the sad souls of the war babies or the hard hearts of Radcliffe girls. But whatever the cause, the Lampoon has gone and done it again...
Gladys Lloyd Robinson did not mind seeing the great collection go. Temperamentally, she was "tired of being a curator of an art museum," and she needed the money. But Cigar-Chomper Robinson, who had lovingly brought the paintings together one by one, sounded sad and nostalgic. "My favorites?" he said. "They are all my favorites...