Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enmity, opportunism, or purely jealousy and petulance, the whole structure may be brought to nothing." As a man who stoutly backed the ill-fated Egyptian adventure of his successor Sir Anthony Eden, Churchill to this day (like many Britons) deplores the part the U.N. played in halting the war short of victory, and he has always thought it unrealistic to give as much weight to the opinions of a small power as to a large. Said Churchill: "The shape of the U.N. has changed greatly from its original form and from the intention of its architects. The differences between...
Katharine Hepburn is much better as the rapier-tongued Beatrice than as Portia. Her vocal short-comings are still in evidence, but not so prominently. Nothing here is so disastrous as her Portia's delivery of the "quality of mercy" speech; and, in fact, she has several very fine moments. And this time her conception is consistent. Of course the author helped a lot, for Beatrice is one of his best-drawn characters and Portia...
...knows how to underline it with a straightening of the shoulders or a toss of the head. And there is her famous deep-throated chuckle that has almost become a trademark. No other actress is her superior in the ability to project perfectly from fortissimo to pianissimo. Though rather short in stature, she is still a grande dame and sails through the role with positively reginal imperiousness and dignity. She reigns in more ways than one, even if the Countess does think that all men's names change every hour on the hour...
...drop can change gas demand by 40 million cu. ft. But the real boom in private weathermen came after World War II, when a flood of new meteorologists and new techniques from the armed forces became available to industry. Now, at fees ranging from $25 for a short-range forecast up to $20,000 for a comprehensive yearly service, dozens of weathermen are telling airlines when to fly, builders when to pour concrete, shipping companies when and where to steam to avoid ocean storms, oil-drilling crews when to evacuate their offshore rigs...
...were the headsman and his assistant. To William Juxon, the Church of England's Bishop of London (and future Archbishop of Canterbury), Charles said: "I am going from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown, where no disturbance can be." And to his executioner: "I shall say but a short prayer and, when I hold out my hands thus, strike." The ax flashed and Cromwell's will was done-but so anxious was he to make sure, that he later went to the coffin and searched the wound with his fingers...