Word: warm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hills and copses, were sighted on the edge of the farmland. Muskrats and raccoons invaded the property, too, in search of winter provender. In the gracious house, the lamps were snapped on earlier each day in salute to the sudden evenings, and open fires on the hearth provided a warm welcome after a walk in the frosty outdoors. In the great stone barn there was a steamy, cozy air of expectancy; several of the cows were freshening, and soon the herd of Aberdeen Angus, Holsteins and Brown Swiss would be larger...
Steely Sounds. The Western reaction reflected a common conclusion about what Russia is up to. The Kremlin is deliberately bringing to an end the temporary warm-front toward the West and lunging at the vast, uncommitted softnesses of Asia and the Middle East. Molotov's steely noes at Geneva last month were the sounds of a door closing; the Kremlin was settling for the status quo in Europe...
...Brahms adopted it twice and contributed the two finest examples of string sextet, of which the first in B-flat (1860) was performed last night. Brahms achieved a perfect balance between Romanticism and Classicism; the stuff of his music is Romantic, but its manipulation and design are Classical. This warm and glowing sextet is a veritable textbook of almost endless varieties of string texture. For example, the Andante often uses the violas and 'cellos as a dark quartet; the Scherzo utilizes the six instruments in three pairs; and the Finale exploits the colors of a high and a low trio...
With a refreshing lack of pretension, the Children's Theatre has sparked Lucy Barry's adaptation of the old tale with bright, colloquial dialogue, sprightly music, and some very funny, original characterizations. The result, skillfully directed by Don Adams, is a warm-hearted, fast-paced spectacle of childish confusion and adult good fun. The play's facetious lines and well-tempered slapstick will undoubtedly appeal to sophisticated audiences; one hopes that the youngsters will be equally amused...
Gasoline dealers in the Harvard Square area expressed warm approval of the new law boosting prices by almost two cents. However, some added that they thought the law was unfair to the general public...