Word: simonizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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BERTIE WOOSTER SEES IT THROUGH (246 pp.) - P. G. Wodehouse- Simon & Schuster...
...meant the destruc tion of civilization through the ruination of the home and family because of their anti social teaching on marriage. They were a threat not only to the church, but also to the well-being of society at large . . . Let's not advertise the Albigensians as simon-pure Christians, which they were not, at least in principle. A fraternal prayer for Father Du bois, a "shepherd in the mist." (THE REV.) HENRY P. COSGROVE, J.C.D...
...wide spectrum of salesmen, admen and promoters to some all-purpose operators that the others call "export bums." U.S. and other foreign companies have contributed heavily to Caracas' great private building boom, but the government splurge of public works is more than twice as big. The Centre Simon Bolivar, a complex of twin 30-story office buildings, underground parking areas, landscaping and traffic routes, is nearing completion on a site where 400 buildings once stood in the heart of old Caracas. It was inspired by Rockefeller Center-but so far has cost at least three times as much...
...seemed eclectic in origin, with traces of Milhand, Bartok, and especially John Alden Carpenter. They were clearly organized but almost invariably dull. Yet they did illustrate the same painstaking care that Ernst Levy has lavished on all aspects of his musical art. ROBERT M. SIMON...
...laurels must go to Simon, who was in perfect voice, with ne'er a hint of a rough-edged tone. His diction, in four languages, was always impeccably clear. I was particularly impressed by his singing of the medieval Sainte Marie, Alonso de Mudarra's Triste estaba, and Oswald v. Wolkenstein's Der May. The last is one of the oldest descriptive pieces, wherein the calls of many birds are imitated at great speed, in the manner of a Gilbert & Sullivan patter song...