Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...difficulty was not all of his own making: the industry was sick; it could no longer sustain all its mines working full-time all year. The question was whether John L. had found the right answer: in effect a three-day week only divvied up the distress...
...everyone on the stage of Sanders Theater used his talents with such comprehension and conviction as alto Anne Talbot, last night's Messiah would have been clearly defined and tremendously powerful. But the performance lacked broad conception and sustain-force, not for any lack of ability which was remarkably well distributed; but rather for want of appreciation of what was being related...
...long-range objective is simply the fusion of Western Europe's separate, relatively autarchic economies into one large, American-style free trading area. Only such a single market (with an estimated 270 million customers) could sustain efficient mass production in Western Europe; it would also force Western Europe's flabby protectionist capitalism into a new, competitive way of life...
...show. It adds seven more hours of rehearsal time to the 26 already required, but only minor editing of the TV script is required for radio. "I'm writing just the way I've always written," says Gertrude Berg. "The only difference is that you can sustain a scene longer on TV. In radio, you break up short scenes with musical bridges...
There is just enough ingenuity in The Mudlark's conception and skill in its writing to sustain a fine long story. Author Bonnet has chosen to pad it outrageously in order to fill the regulation-size novel. The book suffers as a result, but it is pleasant enough for an afternoon of hammock reading...