Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...common denominators. There is almost always a strong, healthy pulse of percussion. There is drama and wit. There is an invitation, even in solemn moments, to the dance. And there is song. In his first symphony, Jeremiah, Bernstein offered, along with Biblical rumblings and stylized Semitic murmurs, some beautifully sad and soaring melodies for soprano. In his most recent serious work. Serenade for Violin Solo, String Orchestra and Percussion, the Bernstein song ? immensely more mature now ? has been transferred to the violin; it is a highly impressive piece, his best so far, in Bernstein's estimation. Still remembered...
...Britain's new Prime Minister has the elegance of an aristocrat, the literacy of a scholar, the drive of an executive. His oratorical gestures are as widely expansive as his mustache, his eyes are hound-dog sad, but his wit is quick and cheerfully malicious...
...came, if it had to come, at the wrong time of year. Bogie, the Andover man who never made it to Yale, was a welcome friend in warm, dark movie houses as exams menaced. While many of his 70-odd pictures will be around a long time, it's sad to realize that he won't be climbing in and out of shiny limousines on rainy nights, his dirty trenchcoat stiff despite his jaunty gait, his ragged lisp almost but never quite making him sound comical...
Concerning your Dec. 12 article on changing policies toward world Communism: it is rather sad to learn that the Hungarian tragedy was necessary to open the eyes of the world. That the average citizen, with his own troubles and worries to take care of, should have been misled by this flirtation of coexistence, seems understandable to me; not so, however, for people whose only job it is to concern themselves with world affairs and who bear the moral responsibility of leading their respective nations. All that has happened since the early days of Communism has not taught them a thing...
...right after the matches to turn pro. For a $65,000 guarantee and 25% of the gate receipts over $300,000, plus a 5% bonus if he beats Pro Champ Pancho Gonzales, Rosewall will go on a 13-month tour with Jack Kramer's traveling tennists. But the sad truth is that even with Rosewall gone, Australia has a thick layer of talented young players to throw against a thin line of undertrained and only mildly promising U.S. youngsters...