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Word: cavorting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lawyer's clerk is convinced he's the nephew of the Queen of Fairies, a knight that he will inherit the realm, the clergy that its pockets will be lined--and so on. The characters assume and discard identities with professional skill, and cavort from bedroom to laboratory with Elizabethan vitality...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Alchemist | 11/15/1957 | See Source »

Kraft Television Theater (Wed. 9 p.m., NBC). Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy cavort in Alice in Wonderland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, may 3, 1954 | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

Though far less fortunate than the plunder of Grieg a few years back, the raid on Borodin produces a few trophies. AT worst, there are atmospheric inter-Iudes of Hollywood Baghdad music, which permit the "Princesses of Ababu" to cavort around a palace pool obviously built in manual training class. At best, there are agreeable melodies with out-rageous lyrics, and two lively numbers, "He's In Love" and the first act finalo. In any case, the music helps Kismet to whirl with amiable vulgarity through thirteen scenes, and the New York businessman will probably find the show a godsend...

Author: By George Spelvin., | Title: Theatre First Night | 12/4/1953 | See Source »

Though far less fortunate than the plunder of Gricg a few years back, the raid on Borodin produces a few trophics. At worst, there are atmospheric interludes of Hollywood Baghdad music, which permit the "Princesses of Ababu" to cavort around a palace pool obviously built in manual training class. At best, there are agreeable melodies to be ruined by the lyrics, and two lively numbers, "He's In Love" and the first act Finale. In any case, the music helps Kismet to whirl with amiable vulgarity through thirteen scenes, and the New York businessman will probably find the show...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Kismet | 10/24/1953 | See Source »

However, no dormitory imposes a schedule of living on its residents. Some girls sleep all day, study or cavort all night; some hew to the standard pattern of classes and studying all day, sleeping during the night; others are thoroughly unroutinized...

Author: By Thomas H. Stearns and Charles E. Zeitlin, S | Title: Beyond the Bell Desk | 5/14/1953 | See Source »

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