Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eventually destroys the men around her. All the characters are thoroughly unsympathetic. The recording, part of Capitol's new import of Russian phonography, is disappointing. As the wife, Niconora Andreyeva has spirited dramatic presence, but vocally she is insecure. Tenor Vyascheslav Radzievsky, as her husband, has a thin, weary voice, possibly because he forces it at top volume no matter what the circumstances. The many supporting roles are also sung unevenly, with the emphasis on dramatic display rather than well-placed singing...
...DRIFTER. Inventive, impressionistic camera work and a memorable score tell a story as thin and fragile as a seashell about a vagabond hitchhiker...
Among the 13 decisions rendered by the court last week, four others were also worthy of note. By thin 5-4 majorities in all cases save one, the court...
...drawing board of Pascal Häusermann, 30, a Swiss architect for whom the laying of ovals is not a stunt but just plain sense. For one thing, egg shapes distribute stresses equally, which means that the chicken-wire forms can be covered by a shell of concrete as thin as two inches. For another, the construction is so simple that a Häusermann house can be completed in two months, cost as little as $12,000. Most important, perhaps, is Häusermann's conviction that "the mistake of modern architects is that they think man needs...
...story of the movie, told at the leisure-time pace of a soft summer's day, is as thin and as fragile as a sea shell. But despite its faults, The Drifter rarely drifts into obscurity or self-indulgence, thanks to the inventive, impressionistic camera work of Director Alex Matter and Photographer Steve Winsten. As sensitive as a light meter, Matter, who also wrote the scenario, gains his greatest effects with celebrations of the ordinary: the special glint of Manhattan sidewalks at night, the raucous antics of a flock of gulls, a barefoot walk on the beach, a wave...