Search Details

Word: compassioner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Opening-night rough spots, largely owing to lack of rehearsal time and uncertain acoustics in the new house, hurt the performances. But Actor Robards, with his long, brooding spade-jawed scowl, was almost always convincing as the man of honor changing slowly into an unwilling miscreant and finally into a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STAGE: Sound & Fury | 8/10/1959 | See Source »

Although Emily Dickinson lived, in the words of Conrad Aiken, "a life perfectly devoid of outward event," there was one great mystery about her. To an even greater degree than was common among New England mystics, she was a recluse. This, according to the most popular, though by no means...

Author: By John Kasdan, | Title: 'Alison's House' at Tufts | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

Chase Crosley makes a sweet and loving Stella. As a matter of fact, she seems to be the only character who is allowed to have any compassion for anything. Sydney Sturgess and Ralph Drischell provide some humorous moments, particularly in their raucous offstage fight, which is highlighted by Miss Humphrey...

Author: By Harold Scott, | Title: A Streetcar Named Desire | 7/9/1959 | See Source »

In an off-the-cuff address to a national conference on civil rights in Washington, the President said that to settle the civil rights problem, one must have "those feelings of compassion, consideration and justice that derive from our concepts of moral law. I say moral law rather than statutory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Morale Is the Seed | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

When the cops moved in, Poet Morris exploded. "Until now, poetry hasn't been considered a crime. This is absolutely ridiculous," he announced, and made the front page of the New York Herald Tribune. His remarks also attracted the attention of Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm, who was moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Beatnik Crisis | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

First | Previous | 467 | 468 | 469 | 470 | 471 | 472 | 473 | 474 | 475 | 476 | 477 | 478 | 479 | 480 | 481 | 482 | 483 | 484 | 485 | 486 | 487 | Next | Last