Word: dares
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When scholars dare extend their scope as did James Ralston Skinner in "The ancient of days; the measure of the heavens and the earth by means of the only unit of measure the British inch" (Cincinnati, 1873), one can only gasp at the audacity with which the cataloguer writes on the card of "The book of God; the Apocalypse of Adams-Cannes," that "The writer appears to be insane...
...Aznavour turns to his audience, the spotlight centers on his face, his combo establishes a quiet minor key in the background, and Aznavour spits out enough lyrics to supply Tin Pan Alley for a year. The lyrics Aznavour writes are "about things that people gladly do, but do not dare talk about"; before one song, he says, "this is very French, but then I am French." The lyrics, intricately rhymed manifestos, present philosophies of life; Aznavour delivers them with his soul in his strong, clear voice. Then, like a broken puppet, he staggers off stage, his back to his audience...
...earthbound Nijinsky who can entrechat her way across a stage in half-inch leaps. Footwork is needlework to Bea-she crochets with her toes. If playgoers dare to laugh at her outlandishly comic bits of business, she freezes upon them the look of an embalmed codfish until they burst out laughing all over again. Her costumes are designed by the Mad Hatter...
...that mechanism is damaged, as in Glenn's case, by what his doctors at first called "a mild concussion," medical men are sometimes baffled because they cannot see into the inner ear to find what is wrong. Most of the standard tests reveal only negative information. And doctors dare not open the ear to look...
Tanz turned to face him, looking as craggy and inaccessible as he had ever done. 'How dare you lay hands on me?' he asked softly, his eyes as cold as a snake...