Word: soundingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tomorrow, if scientists have their way, Air Force heroes may all be ground-bound, button-pushing missilemen. Today these heroes are still the crinkle-eyed young men wearing silver wings, the plane jockeys who earn their day's pay at a high scream-somewhere around the speed of sound. Their quick, death-weighted decisions would scare a six-gun cowpoke back into the saloon, and the wonder is that their work is still a rarity on television. But last week televiewers had their fill of flying-in both fact and fiction. And even when Air Force technical advisers were...
Joel Lazar's conducting was vigorous but not always in full control, although he managed Honegger's tricky rhythms effectively. The orchestra, although several of the instrumentalists were very good, fell short of the mark, and their consistently poor intonation and tentative string sound detracted greatly from the musical portions. Some of the big ensembles came off well, mainly owing to the well-trained and skillful chorus...
Agreeing with Leighton, Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House, called the study "an extremely thorough and perceptive analysis of the House system, and its problems and acomplishments, which offers sound practical suggestions for improved performance...
...Power and the Glory, then, while not a great play, is a good play; the same may be said of the performance. Repertory Boston has undertaken a difficult assignment, what with a cast of twenty-eight plus extras-and six different sets. That the group gives a sound performance of a worthwhile play is heartening and encouraging...
...Sound and the Fury. A shrewd, drastic revision of William Faulkner's labyrinthine novel, with almost every character fumigated. The acting by Joanne Woodward, Yul Brynner, Margaret Leighton is excellent...