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...Elizabeth Bishop, 50, is the most limited and proficient of the three-indeed, the cool, eely slickness of her poems is some times repellent. They have little human warmth, no specific temperature. She seldom writes about people or their feelings...
From scene to scene, Henry Fonda visibly erodes with stoic dignity. A trifle over-animated, Olivia de Havilland nonetheless grows in gallantry and warmth. But as the play empties into the bowl over which the hero slits his wrists, it seems to leave behind it no revelation, only a stubborn ring of illusions...
...ease. "Listener" I use advisedly, for Mr. Fuller does indeed like to talk. His talk may be circuitous, verbose and disorganized--it is also seldom anything less than brilliant. He speaks with an obvious respect for those listening, and imports an aura of friendliness, if not of vibrant warmth. Having a rather inexpressive face, he relies heavily on gesticulation--vast and frequent sweeps of the arm. He has a large head, set on broad shoulders and a stocky frame. His clothes fit loosely...
...have created." says Conductor George Szell. "an instrument perfectly suited to express my artistic intentions." Szell's instrument is the 104-member Cleveland Orchestra, which he designed as a kind of hybrid-a cross-breeding of American precision and cleanliness of tone with European warmth and temperament. Satisfied that he has under his baton "personnel as good as any conductor could wish for." Szell has long since satisfied his artistic intention. When he brought his great orchestra to Manhattan's Carnegie Hall last week, it put on the kind of performance demanded by a conductor who wants...
...poly-centrism"-but he does not go so far as Amendola. Once an ardent Stalinist, Togliatti smoothly switched to supporting Khrushchev, and the Italian party was one of the first to denounce Khrushchev's ideological enemies, the Red Chinese and the Albanians. Not that there is much personal warmth between him and the Kremlin boss. Several years ago, Togliatti routinely began his day by asking his staff: "What new mess has our peasant got us into today...