Word: tautly
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...spectacle of this society, all the springs of which are taut like the trigger of a weapon that one is about to fire, frightens me to the point of dizziness . . . I see as compensation for the misfortune of being born under this regime only dreams of arrogance and the hope of domination . . . Since I have come to Russia I see the future of Europe in black...
...Enforcer" is the first really good cops-and-robbers picture to arrive in Boston for a long time. Marvin Racken's taut, original story of the apprehension of Killers, Inc.--a Kansas City murder syndicate--insures a better than average show from the start. But it is Director Bretaigne Windust's skillful presentation of detail and his avoidance of customary melodramatics that lifts "The Enforcer" out of the ordinary...
...taut I taw a puddy-tat a-creepin...
...last week, a large part of the usually sane and solid British public had surrendered to the most unblushing piece of pseudo-nursery nonsense since 1939's Three Little Fishies. I Taut I Taw a Puddy-Tat, a baby-talk duet between a nasal, lisping little bird named Tweetie Pie and a gravel-voiced cat named Sylvester (both parts sung by Radio Actor Mel Blanc), had passed the quarter-million mark in record sales, stood second on the British hit parade...
...white, a Beethoven of great contrasts and climaxes, altogether a gigantic conception of a gigantic work. Some details of the performances appeared faulty. The volume level never wont below mezzo forte, so there could hardly be any distinction between forte and fortissimo. Some of the phrasing was so taut that it resulted in rhythmic distortion, and the first movement particularly seemed too choppy. Aitken held consistently to his "black and white" interpretation in the very long slow movement, where it seems to me considerably more color is required to maintain interest. But essentially these criticisms are minor. Aitken gave...