Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, for the first time, Virginia's powerful and respected Senator Harry Byrd delivered a pointed attack on Mc-Carthyism. "Mr. Matthews," he said, "should give names and facts to sustain his charge or stand convicted as a cheap demagogue, willing to blacken the character of his fellow Americans for his own notoriety and personal gain...
...with family troubles, got the notations on the last page of his score all mixed up. Later, he corrected his mistakes, wrote at the bottom of the score: "1m Schlaf geschrieben" (Written in my sleep).** Aubrey, who had outstanding breath control, once bet Violinist Harry Blech that he could sustain a note longer than Blech. Violinist Blech, drawing out one stroke as long as possible, lost to Aubrey, who held one note for 75 seconds...
...forced" a rate on advertisers, the Supreme Court ruled that the Government failed to prove unfair competition. Said Justice Tom Clark for the majority: "We do not determine that unit advertising arrangements are lawful in other circumstances or in other proceedings. Our decision adjudicates solely that this record cannot sustain the Government's view of the case...
...world and the world of actuality. Without this necessary social comment, Bellissima is little more than an overblown melodrama. As the overly ambitious mother, Italy's expert Actress Magnani gives one of her earthily explosive performances. The trouble is that the role she plays is too flimsy to sustain her powerful acting. Landfall (Associated British Picture Corp.; Stratford Pictures), based on Nevil Shute's 1940 novel, is done in the typically tightlipped, understated style of the best British movies. It tells oi a World War II Royal Air Force lieutenant who is mistakenly believed to have sunk...
...well mangled, as indeed it should be. There is a line to tread between a requirement so lax that it is useless and one so tough it gobbles up a disproportionate share of the students' time. What is needed is an elementary course sufficiently well-taught to arouse or sustain interest in its subject, and though enough to give the ignorant something on which they can build further if they should wish to build...