Word: self
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There is precious little laughter in this text. Even the clown is the merest shadow of his traditional former self. The showing up of Parolles for what he is, though richly deserved, is not really funny. Nor is it comical to see a count try to weasel out of his King's command; or to see him coldly desert his wife on their wedding day; or to see a woman arrange for her husband to commit (as he thinks) adultery...
Last week the ties that for seven years have bound the Alliance-Malays, the self-sufficient and aloof Chinese, and the Indians-began to fray. The ties held only when the Tengku proved that under his bland exterior he can be a hard man indeed. Trouble began over how the Alliance would distribute its candidates for the 104 parliamentary seats in next month's federal elections. Word got out that the Tengku would give the Indian minority half a dozen seats, the Chinese (who represent 40% of the population) would get 28 seats, and the rest would...
...recently published Painter's Self-Portrait (Crown; $12.50), Rosenberg pays tribute to Cezanne, who shows nature's "very heart and skeleton; it has been these depths that I have sought, and seek, to penetrate." Yet he does not confuse himself with the master. Of his own pictures, says Rosenberg: "Whatever their fate, I am content. My landscapes are magic carpets on which I have flown from a world embittered by fear, hate and greed to regions of peace, joy and beauty. For which I humbly give thanks...
Well acquainted with Soviet brass, including Deputy Premiers Anastas Mikoyan and Frol Kozlov (whom he hosted in Manhattan), Winston smoothed the way for getting the U.S. show into the U.S.S.R. during seven self-paid trips to Moscow. Acting in an advisory capacity, he backed up the hard work of Exhibition General Manager Harold C. Mc-Clellan and his fulltime staff. The Soviet government respects Winston's business know-how, has invited him to Moscow three times for counsel on home building. Unlike Fellow Capitalist Cyrus Eaton (TIME, Jan. 19), Winston caustically criticizes Communism and all its works. Says...
...Juan's Mozartean enemy the Statue, here transformed into a good-natured, brainless chap who "always did what it was customary for a gentleman to do." He and his modern avatar are played for less than they are worth by William Swetland, who employs the gimmicks actors use for self-important middle age with competence but no distinction...