Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...songs are the show's weakest point. The orchestra is under-rehearsed and shoddy, and only Kaplan appears to have a voice. Deitch, in two songs, twisted through the jagged motions Mayer gave him, clearly listening to a different drummer. Mayer's conception is strong, his control is weak. Good Woman is a brilliant show that still needs rehearsal. Wait a week...
...singing sometimes adds to the splendor of the music. James Paul, as the ghost Peter Quint, can evoke lurking evil, great power, and blinding charisma with his smooth tenor, and gives a truly frightening performance. The governess, Jean Marshall, has an accurate, pleasant voice that is sometimes too weak; but it is her acting, not her voice, which makes us care about her even more than we do about the beautiful, corrupted children. Their main difficulty is that their voices aren't quite strong enough; and in the chimes scene, where their hymn deteriorates into a satanic chant, the horrifying...
...Both business and labor leaders actively oppose the guideposts. They had no role in drafting the policy and have used the guide posts primarily "to fortify a weak position in collective bargaining." As a result the guidelines have held back price increases only "to a small degree" and have had "no independent restraining influence" on wage chances...
...fellow who wept because he had no shoes until he met the man who had no feet probably felt a little like the Harvard baseball team does today: our hitting may be pretty weak, but Princeton...
...however, argues that any light from stars less than a billion years old would make an "insignificant" contribution to the brightness or darkness of the sky. The microwave energy from the early universe, he said, is a far more important factor, and only because this is so dispersed and weak is the sky dark...