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...harpy's disguise) to the villainous nobles is an almost total loss. In "Come unto these yellow sands," "Full fathom five," and "Where the bee sucks" Ariel has three of Shakespeare's loveliest lyrics; but Morris' supporting vocalists cannot hide the fact that Dooley is simply no singer. The yardstick for the role remains Clayton Corzatte--who moved, spoke and sang to perfection...
...love, a la Frank Gilroy's Once in Paris. But Francois Truffaut's new film Love on the Run is undeniably enchanting. In fact, it's perfect. Truffaut has created a flawless film which not only belongs to the genre of french romantic comedy, but which will be the yardstick other such films are measured against...
...Data Resources Inc., the research firm headed by Democratic Economist Otto Eckstein, the revenues of U.S. domestic and international oil firms totaled a staggering $346 billion; the after-tax profits totaled $15.6 billion, which was more than three times the earnings of all U.S. auto manufacturers. Still, by any yardstick, oil company profits are not out of line with those in other U.S. industries...
...mend the damage it had wrought, and to improve the lives of the valley's residents. Not only did the agency bring electricity to most of their homes fro the first time, it also cut the price of power throughout the valley by two thirds, by serving as a yardstick against which the public could judge the prices charged by private utility companies. The yardstick idea was one of the most successful, but least imitated innovations...
...authors are rightly humble about confusing their models with immutable truths. They may not have the lively journalistic bounce of an Alvin Toffler or the fluid drive of a Vance Packard, but Social Standing's scholarship adds some fascinating discriminations. For example, though money is the basic yardstick people use to rank themselves, income is only a component of status, not its cause. Education is the prime means to higher income - which is then translated into higher status. But schooling that does not lead to a high-paying job earns few points. And the status value of education seems...