Word: wildness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...routine. Speaking with an outrageous accent or singing with a pleasant, distinct voice, Miss Froug projects an case that is a delight to watch. Her oil-mad father is played by David James, who flashes a jaunty smile, a hybrid of Maurice Chevalier and the elder Fairbanks. Complete with wild tie and ten gallon hat, James has perfected his drawl, making him a convincing Southern magnate...
Antheil: Ballet Mécanique (New York Percussion Group conducted by Carlos Surinach; Columbia). This notorious composition (written in 1924 for an abstract film) started wild fistfights at its Paris concert premiere and a quieter scandal in Manhattan. Thirty years after, its buzzing doorbells, roaring airplane propellers and four mechanical pianos seem just quaint and noisy. But the work has moments that are actually tender, and is surprisingly convincing...
Tillich was in Cambridge this past weekend to meet theologians from the University and neighboring schools. He discussed the role of theology in the University with such men as Robert Ulich, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education, John P. Dillenberger, associate professor of Theology, and John D. Wild, professor of Philosophy...
...quality of the liberal arts graduates who will be attracted by the program is its outstanding feature, Payson S. Wild, Jr., Vice-President of Northwestern University, commented last night in Evanston, Ill. "It encourages the right sort of person to go into teaching," he said...
While washing down Southern fried chicken with orange juice in Charlotte, N.C., torrid Trumpeter Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, a blower of wild-valved cadenzas that could never be confused with the strains of Bandleader Guy ("the sweetest music this side of Heaven") Lombardo, double-crossed his own feverish admirers. Between gulps, Satchmo satchmoed: "Lombardo's the greatest. He is relaxin'. He got a good style, and he ain't tryin' to fool nobody. The new cats around now, they ain't provin' nothin...