Word: stand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Prices were too high, and further inflation still threatened. Extend and strengthen rent controls for two years, said Harry Truman; give the President stand-by authority to impose ceilings on some prices and wages, power to control consumer credit, regulate speculation on commodity exchanges and allocate materials in short supply...
...cited a Dunster House Committee resolution Monday opposing "the entire idea of closed meetings" as "typical of student reaction to the Council's unfortunate stand on this whole affair...
...Ulen will stand pat on his lineup for the varsity swimming team's second meet of the year against Brown in Providence at 8 p.m. tonight, but this need not be taken as a sign of overconfidence. The Bruins, undefeated after four meets, boasting a close decision over the strong Army outfit, are considered the best squad in Brown history...
Benjy Britten seemed to have designed his apt but unexciting score to be unobtrusive, to let the words stand out. Poet Ronald Duncan's libretto had plenty of words-a male & female chorus moralized throughout-but it had too little to say and too little action. The rape scene got listeners on seat edge, but the other scenes slowed down to the speed of a grade-school tableau. Even the Herald Tribune's Thomson was disappointed: "There isn't enough music to hold the ear." Wrote his opposite number, Drama Critic Howard Barnes: "Music without a play...
...Crimson performers played their role of fall guys to the hilt. After building up to a 27 to 18 lead at the intermission, they all but fell on their collective faces in the second act of the show which mercifully was only a one night stand...