Word: versions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Execution Date. The differences in accent between L'Osservatore's version of the Pope's plea and Archbishop Cicognani's in Washington could probably be attributed to the differences in political climate between Italy and the U.S. L'Osservatore broke Vatican custom by publicizing the Pope's plea for clemency, and it did so immediately after Italy's Communist L'Unita (with the largest circulation in Italy) criticized the Pope's failure to intervene on behalf of the Rosenbergs. In all probability, L'Osservatore spoke with the critical Italian spring...
Some of the effigies, including the solemn James I (of the King James Version), are too far gone for restoration. The rest are now in presentable, even beautiful shape. Lying side by side in a double glass case are Edward III and Catherine of Valois. She was not his queen, but Howgrave-Graham rather approves their effigied intimacy. Nearby is Elizabeth of York, who has recently acquired a red-gold wig and a bodice trimmed with imitation ermine. One of the canons of Westminster Abbey says that he has fallen in love with...
...first year (1949) Adler directed a moderately successful version of the last act of La Bohème. The next year he put on four full operas. As NBC sharpened its camera and directing techniques, the series began pulling in millions of new viewers. Now in full swing, Adler's staff handles its job with professional ease. His biggest trouble: compressing standard stage works into an hour's running time...
...selling in world markets at 36½? a lb., has a domestic ceiling of 24½?. On such controlled industries, including steel and aluminum, the wage pressures would put an added squeeze. Since there were still material shortages, it looked as if the Controlled Materials Plan, or a modified version of it, would be kept to allocate metals...
...Little World of Don Camillo. A film version of Giovannino Guareschi's bestselling novel about a militant parish priest and a Communist mayor; with France's Fernandel, Italy's Gino Cervi (TIME...