Word: shallowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...authors of the play, used only two sets, but they are totally different, and there are six scene changes. When the curtain rises, the General's office is seen. The script says ". . . windowless, blank, austere walls. Sense of claustrophobia." Herrey achieved the desired effect by the use of a shallow stage and high ceiling...
These contrasting scenes were made possible only by the revolving stage, for the absence of wings and the shallow depth of the Pi Eta Theatre make the storage of the elaborate flats that would have been necessary impossible...
...those of us who have long suspected that Hollywood has its deep thinkers, Salome is a vindication. No doubt Arthur Miller though he was being profound and daring in The Crucible, but Salome makes his play look shallow and puritanical...
Professor Walsh's little book, Campus Gods on Trial, is a compact champion of Christianity against the secularism of the modern college. Unfortunately, like a competent lawyer with a speech defect, Walsh gives poor expression to a persuasive case. Even the ideas of Pascal sound pretty shallow in the childish lisp which the author conceives as "the language of the student." Analyzing Existence as "a three layer cake," the book abounds in silly metaphors, terming Christ "the penicillin of Salvation" and the Incarnation "God's rescue operation." His attempts at jazzy writing are equally dismal, whether describing a "Warm Fire...
...high-pressure jet of water instead or a propeller. Kermath's 60-h.p. Hydrojet shoots out the water from a nozzle beneath the stern, steers the boat by changing the direction of the jet. Chief advantage: the jet boat has no propeller to break in shallow water. Price $990 f.o.b. Detroit...