Word: turn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...world is a different place than it was in 1903, Giraudoux has more than frivolity in mind. Below the surface of his comedy is the serious warning that the snowballing forces of materialism, fascism and war must be checked if the human race is to survive. When Herman's turn comes to dig into this serious core, he falls apart. His answer to the dramatic problem is a song called "Garbage," and it's not much better than the title suggests: a supposedly bitter number about the decline in beauty of refuse through the years. While it might make...
...John Tenniel and Sir Max Beerbohm. Much of Levine's bite and humor are caused by the juxtaposition of dated technique and contemporary subject. When it comes to watercolors, his style is equally traditional, and he finds it most unfair that critics who admire his caricatures turn against his watercolors for the same reason. Says he: "It is quite all right to refer to Degas as being 'derived' from Ingres, but if you mention a contemporary painter as being 'derived' from Degas, it is an insult...
...mistake. Said one: "I realized that I couldn't think of marrying him and spending the rest of my life with him, and I refuse to have a temporary marriage just to be able to give birth to a legitimate child. So I'm trapped. There's nowhere to turn. If I can't get an abortion legally and decently, I'll go out of my mind." The glib lay phrase "go out of my mind" by itself would not have im-pressed the psychiatrist, but in this case he was convinced that pregnancy and childbirth might be enough...
Dinner with Danny Kaye. Last week St. Louis had its turn. The Arts and Educational Council of Greater St. Louis may lack an acronym (AECOGSL being plainly impossible), but the council, representing nine different cultural and educational organizations, put on the most imaginative auction to date. The scene was a basement cafeteria in the new Monsanto Co. headquarters designed by Vincent Kling; the basement's rugged concrete walls were turned into a castle keep by the addition of bright banners, shields and coats of arms. The theme of the auction was Camelot. Up for bids were dozens of items...
Last week the temperature hovered around 60° at Great Gorge and the fall foliage still hung on the trees, but a hundred-odd young skiers turned up early to try the synthetic surface. They wedeled down the 1,200-ft. slope or slammed through the slalom course. A few even tried the 30-meter jump, which later this month will be used by Olympic hopefuls. Those that tumbled picked themselves up unhurt; Sno-Mat's pliable bristles had cushioned their falls. "Psychologically, Sno-Mat would be better if it were white," said Sven Evenesen, 17. "But I'm happy...