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Word: towel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...errors continue to pile up. Messrs. Smith (Sir Toby) and Whitehead (Sir Andrew) insist on accenting "exquisite" on the second syllable; and their extended byplay with a bath-towel completely distracts from Malvolio's crucial letter-reading scene. As Malvolio, Richard Waring--as fine a classical speaker as any actor in the company--is vastly over-directed in his climactic cross-garter scene. One of the points of this scene is that Olivia abhors the color of yellow, yet she keeps training in and out carrying a yellow rose. After her marriage, reference is made to her wedding ring...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Tempest and Twelfth Night | 7/5/1960 | See Source »

...year-old son. As the Rodeckers walked by, a maid in the Gabel's eighth-floor apartment began removing a screen from a window. The screen-a substitute for an air conditioner that had gone out of whack-was propped in place by a couple of towel-wrapped dumbbells. The maid removed one of the dumbbells but the oth er, an eight-pounder, rolled down the windowsill. The maid lunged to grab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Celebration | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

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