Word: semis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...music is exactly right--no more nor less--for its frightening story. Menotti is a composer who can be described only as appealing: his music uses modern devices, manages to attract the listener without letting him out of the grip of the opera in toto. He uses chiefly a semi-recitative style, but he proves conclusively his ability to write an aria with an exceptionally lovely song which he gives the daughter near the close of the first...
During the last elections the Tsouderos faction abstained in objection to the allegedly semi-totalitarian manner of the proceedings...
Kiss of Death. A tough, scary semi-documentary about a stool pigeon; well played by Victor Mature and Richard Widmark (TIME, Sept...
...when Bingham chaired the United States Committee, four semi-final meets were held. Six men in each field event reached the Olympic Trials but in the running events there were as many as 18 qualifiers. That plan is expected to be followed in next July's Olympic Trials at Minneapolis...
...Social Relations. Its descriptions do not challenge the ideal set up by the General Education courses, but space limitations bar universal application of such liberal accounts. Nevertheless, the few lines it devotes to each of its offerings, at a time when the advisory system frequently consists of a semi-annual signature, provide non-concentrators with some concept of what the course is about. This leads to wiser planning of programs, which in turn should cut down petitions for course changes and many other early-term confusions...