Word: stage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...national elections were only a month away. Brazil seethed with rumors: 1) that Dictator Getulio Vargas (no candidate) would find some way to remain in power; 2) that the supporters of Opposition Candidate General Eduardo Gomes, doubting the chances of an honest election, would stage a revolt...
...refer to TIME's "piece" [Sept. 24] on the Imperial Hotel of Tokyo, Japan: I happen to be the architect, and the time-honored formula for an untimely finish seems to be already well into its second stage where TIME is concerned. The formula is: first, Success, then, Arrogance, then Downfall. I refer to an all too arrogant falsehood in the piece, which was not only a gross misrepresentation of my sentiments but proving in black & white that TIME can be a reckless liar...
...usually gets one. In three hours he can turn out an episode, complete with commercials and the detailed stage directions in which he specializes. He knows exactly how each episode should be acted, down to the tone of a sigh. Morse demands repeated rehearsals until his cast achieves exactly the effect he wants...
Social-minded, says Author Erskine, is the word for Jesus, and a key to His character. His presence at the wedding at Cana shows His human warmth: He "shared the happiness of his friends. He began and ended his ministry, he carried it out at every stage, in examples of social-mindedness...
...Eyes, and forgets the haughty girl at home in favor of the harem slave, Maryam, daughter of a fraternizing English crusader and his Grecian love. Author Costain's romantic actors are hardly more three-dimensional than characters in a high-grade comic strip, but the elaborate 13th-Century stage sets are well painted...