Word: spectacularisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...commit themselves, those who went. They were awed by the solemnity of the occasion, by the magnificence of Toscanini's production. It was not pappy, they said, not dull. Nor yet had it the characteristics of Boheme. It seemed rather not to be like Puccini at all. It was spectacular, Chinese with a decidedly Italian flavor, the story of a beautiful, cruel princess, chaste as a buttercup, up for marriage to the one who succeeds in unraveling three riddles she propounds. The Prince of Persia comes, dares to try, to risk his head if he should fail, guesses right...
...heads and bodies unprotected from the onslaught of swinging lacrosse sticks. In addition, the exact rules which now define body checking have brought about more daring play. The check in lacrosse is equivalent to the tackle in football, save that it differs in technique. Yet it is no less spectacular, and puts into lacrosse the same smash of physical contact so enjoyed by the spectators...
...pleasant thing to enter any joust, especially since the radio and the press make of every salute a mighty warery But when there are so many other activities in which to attempt the spectacular, it is rather unfortunate that the fall guy, college football, must be worried from his vernal sleep...
...says she has definitely retired from the concert stage: "The public will soon forget me as a pianist and I shall be glad. No one knows how I have suffered for the past 17 years every time I have been obliged to face an audience. Concert playing may be spectacular, but the great art is in composing and conducting. I am never frightened when I conduct...
...opening week at the Empire, Meller attracted in four performances $26,800. This is considerably more than even the most spectacular show in town could make in four exhibitions (Sunny grosses about $43,500 for eight performances). Her second week brought $26,500 in box office receipts. Following her Manhattan engagement she will give one, sometimes two performances in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Francisco and Los Angeles...