Word: talents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years there won't be one significant creative work from east of the Mississippi. The whole cultural map of America is changing." He pointed to the paper-back I held. "He made it possible. He showed that a man with something to say, a voice of significance, a rare talent, can make itself heard no matter the din of garbage disposals and IBM machines." Even from the back streets and brothels of a hungry Paris...
...Sept. 2), could be counted on for a steady series, and most of Manager Fred Haney's other regulars were providentially free of injuries. But the bulk of the Braves' pitching staff are fireballers, and the Yankees eat such operators alive. There is one Brave, though, whose talent could make the difference. If the Braves were to upset the Yankees, they would need the best from their scrawny (6 ft., 175 Ibs.) but rugged southpaw, Warren Edward Spahn...
...Birthday Offering by Veteran Frederick Ashton and Solitaire by Kenneth MacMillan. Ashton whipped out his piece last year in honor of the company's 25th anniversary; it proved to be a sequined, dazzling showpiece for 14 soloists, and a convincing demonstration of the kind of high-caliber reserve talent the Royal Ballet can call on when it needs to. Margot Fonteyn's enchainement (linked movements) looked as poised and effortless as everybody expected; there was also some lithe, beautifully filigreed dancing by Rowena Jackson, Nadia Nerina, Svetlana Beriosova. Solitaire, a less panoplied affair, unfolded the story...
...script is marvelously clever without being even dull although the real interest of the film lies in its really top-notch acting. The art of lampooning without bitterness, cruelty or overstatement seems to be a peculiarly British talent and The Man in the White Suit is a good case in point...
...indifferent guitar. Although he has improved considerably in the last year, he still must make up his mind whether he is too be a folk-singer like his father or a pop singer of the order of Billy Eckstine. He is unhappily caught between the two genres, with talent enough for either. He sings well, and his naivete comes as a pleasant contrast to his father, one of the least naive men around...