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Last year, 20 years after old Ibn Saud brought in U.S. oilmen and the golden flood began to spout out of the Arabian American Oil Co.'s wells, the government received an income in royalties and taxes of about $200 million-and managed to spend it all and $50 million besides. Since World War II, according to Shwadran's calculations, the King of Saudi Arabia has run through $1.4 billion paid him by the oil companies...
Unfortunately, however, the highly competent performances of the two leading ladies and the psychological possibilities of Anastasia are virtually smothered by the play's strong allegorical themes. The audience is always conscious of the materialist General lurking on stage, and Anastasia must continually spout lines about the glory of the past and the new glory of the future...
Piercing the hollow, curving south facade were 27 deep-set, rectangular openings, decorated by stained glass designed by Le Corbusier. The broad church door also bore a symbolic painting by Le Corbusier, done in enamel. Capping it all was a swelling, sausage-roll roof from which extends a mighty spout to carry rain water to a concrete tank. Said Abbé Besançon, one of Ronchamp's priests: the church is "ungodly and ungainly...
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Bryson insists, however, that Invitation to Learning is not a program of information, but one of ideas. He proves it by avoiding experts who spout a limitless stream of facts and by seeking out knowledgeable amateurs who can juggle ideas. The show is spontaneous and, unlike many "ad lib" radio or TV shows, unrehearsed. Its quality varies. At times it is pedestrian, at other times brilliant. As Moderator Bryson knows, a half hour is not enough time to get a conversational ball rolling very far. He depends on his listeners to pick up the ball...