Word: wising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whole lacks cohesion. Each individual actor and actress recites his own individual lines and does not appear to give a damn about whether his part blends in with the rest of the action or not. The sole exception to this is the part of the motherly, worldly-wise old Aunt who sees through the sugary innocence of the neurotic. This role is portrayed by Helen Eatin. The rest of the lead roles vary only as to the extent in which they are under or overplayed...
Albert Spalding was busy canceling concerts so that he could introduce some doubtful notes into Fortress Europe. The Europe-wise violinist's "special" services (nonmusical) had been earmarked for spring use abroad by the Allied Forces' Psychological Warfare Branch...
Reaction came thick & fast: rabbinical students at Manhattan's Jewish Institute of Religion voiced "strongest indignation." Rabbi Stephen S. Wise's pro-Zionist monthly Opinion called the principles "nothing less than unbelievable . . . treasonable to the household of Israel." The Congress Weekly, organ of the pro-Zionist American Jewish Congress, accused the Houston congregation of composing "a set of 'Nürnberg laws' of their...
...Wise guys! I open up the doors at six o'clock in the morning. One day I'm making coffee. A maniac comes in. 'Hey, jerk,' he says, 'gimme a cupa coffee.' Jerk! You're not in business to fight, right? A physical altercation can spoil the nickels. 'Derelict,' I say, 'don't disturb my equanimity.' So again he insults me-a hollow hulk like that. So I say to him: 'Your idiocy is very refreshing.' So he gets sore and wants to fight...
...story of "Mexican Hayride," the new musical currently at the Shubert, is the story of Chicago's theatre-born Mike Todd, who took a jaded Broadway by storm a little over a year and a half ago with the lavish and ribaid "Star and Garter." Wise in the devious ways of show biz, Mike, since then, has offered a war-weary public escapism with a capital...