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...Greek art. "To them, we would be truly barbarians. In the midst of even the wildest and most whimsical [Greek] comedy, there remained that breath of greatness and of freedom. Comedy has become wisecracks. Very clever, sometimes even witty. But the background of greatness is not there, so the savor, the depth of contrast, is gone. The surprise, the fast switch, the shock, have taken its place. Unless there is a belief in the potential greatness of man, there can no longer be tragedy; there can only be melodrama...
...where the franchise is going to go.'" As for Webb: "In Del's behalf, let me say that he does have a saintlike forbearance and a forgiving heart. Every year he brightens up my dreary holiday season with a warm and sentimental Christmas greeting. In order to savor the real Del Webb that lies beneath the deceptively cold exterior, it helps to know that his greetings come on the letterhead of his construction company, the Del E. Webb Corp., and are typed on one of those machines that are supposed to make a form letter look personal...
...right flavor. Both costumes and settings show up well under an especially good lighting system, and entrances and exits are managed exactly on cue without some of the fuss that attends; them in some theatre-in-the-round productions. One could wish for a more authentic, more piquant savor to the lyrics, but Die Fledermaus remains much like Gilbert and Sullivan: there is much pleasure however and whenever it is done...
...victory is all the sweeter when the battle has been hard fought, then the New Frontier was set to savor a very sweet victory when its farm bill came to a House vote. The Administration had battled long and hard for the measure. It survived in the Senate last month by the nervous margin of 42 to 38. It got past the House Agriculture Committee by a single vote-18 to 17. Only a fortnight ago, its prospects of passing the House looked so dubious that the Democratic leadership decided to postpone the scheduled showdown so as to give...
...Common Market was uppermost in Harold Macmillan's mind. What price must Britain pay to enter Europe? The step now seemed inevitable, but at fearsome risk to Britain's Commonwealth ties. Charles de Gaulle fears the influence of the U.S.-British alliance in Europe; does he so savor the vision of France as No. 1 nation on the Continent that he would actively try to keep Britain out forever...