Word: seene
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...still with him. When he was first elevated to SACEUR, he tried to continue his old practice of slipping into SHAPE unobtrusively by a side door, abandoned it only after his public information officer firmly told him that he must use the front door because "a commander must be seen by his troops." Nor has Norstad's youthful appetite for rest disappeared. Though he and Hawaii-born Isabelle Norstad, slim and chic in her Balmain gowns, cannot escape a hectic official social whirl, Norstad makes a ferocious effort to schedule two or three nights a week at home...
Explained Colareta: "The rape of minors is nothing so unusual here or anywhere else. But of course rape does not mean pregnancy in children so young except in rare cases." In 30 years as an obstetrician he had seen four such cases in girls under eleven; Hilda Trujillo was only the second youngest. Eighteen years before he assisted in the case of the youngest: Lina Medina, pregnant at the age of five years, eight months; mother, by Caesarean section, of a normal boy at the age of six years, five months (TIME...
Unlike operas, which are best seen in opera houses, and symphonies, which are best heard in concert halls, chamber music is meant to be enjoyed at home. Originally designed for the palaces of the rich, it now makes ideal hi-fi listening, but for years American record buyers ignored the fact, turned the volume up and delightedly let the high decibels of opera and symphony beat them down. Chamber music accounts for only a small fraction of U.S. classical record sales, but there are some signs that the situation may be changing...
...consternation she refuses: "I have dedicated my life to my art." Having already seen the overdressed girlie show she works in, a Western viewer may be somewhat confused by her attitude. But Brando has to pretend to take the situation seriously, and it plainly bores him. He has some fun now and then monkey-see-monkey-doing like the Japanese, but he seems to find it unsatisfying to have to scratch himself through a kimono...
...Palladium; Kingsley International) is that rarest of delights for the fastidious eye, a film by Carl Dreyer. Dreyer, 68, is a Dane who has made his living as a newsman and his reputation as a cinematic creator on the strength of a half-dozen pictures that few people have seen. Only two have been generally noticed in the U.S. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) was considered by most critics "an experimental film," but it has since served serious moviemakers as an invaluable primer on the uses of the closeup. Day of Wrath (1948) was a tenebrous expatiation...