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...magazine speaks, generally, the optimistic philosophy of life characteristic of so many Americans; the more intense tempo of living, the spirit of adventure, and the energy of the average American. 'America is a democratic country; it is governed by the people, by ordinary people like you and me,' it seems to say on every page . . . But this democracy can only stand fast by the grace of freedom, the safeguard for world peace. Therefore, TIME continually illuminates (as does the majority of the outstanding American press) the inroads being made by Communism on this human right. TIME...
Last week, Lieut. General Sir John Harding, British commander in Italy, commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. Cried Rome's newspaper Il Tempo: "General Oreste Bellomo [Italian commander of the Bari garrison during the war] was executed for having killed a British soldier. Human justice is very uncertain and frail...
...last two acts. Occasionally one gets the feeling that "Is Life Worth Living!," rather than being an "exaggeration in three acts," is essentially one act exaggerated into an overblown philosophy in three, but much of the slowness can probably be accounted for by the vagaries of opening night tempo and timing. The answer to the title, incidentally, seems to be yes, although there are some doubtful moments...
...sure, there are bad moments. One dance that is meant to take place in a beauty parlor involves nine (not ten) young ladies costumed as fingernails performing a rather vapid series of body movements. But luckily the tempo is fast, and in a few minutes the girls are out there again doing a delightful waltz and jitterbug act. Then a few minutes more, and they're in a dazzling outdoor scene that has a spontaneity seldom seen in professional ice performances...
...swell the sound that spreads beyond the Yard dormitories. For an hour, or three if necessary, Woody conducts furiously, occasionally shouting "that's it" into the music, or slapping the table with an emphatic "no." Then the singers stop on a temporal dime, and without perceptible damage to the tempo of the rehearsal Woody throws in an anecdote about "Koussie" in a rough approximation of Koussevitzky's English. The atmosphere is always spirited, though not always so gay. When he uses his fist instead of his palm on the desk, everyone sits up and gives the best...