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...Long is on the front page again. Apparently such events as the washroom black eye will not dampen an unquenchable thirst to be before the public eye. Now the Senator from Louisiana bombastically attacks General Johnson for the benefit of Randolph Hearst's news hawks, and much to the delight of the Reverend Father Coughlin...
Unhackneyed, humorous and at times downright noble, Playwright Obey's Noah should tickle sophisticates with its whimsicality, should bring temporary comfort to those involved in life's complexities, should cause sheer delight to the pure in heart. First produced in French in Paris, Noah has the same sort of appeal as The Green Pastures. But it is clearly a product from the banks of the Seine, not the Mississippi, could not possibly be taken as an imitation...
...Bullitt could. When Ambassador Builitt arrived in Moscow, he was acclaimed as no other envoy from a capitalist land has ever been acclaimed by Reds. From Joseph Stalin down the Bolshevik hierarchy hobnobbed with "Bill." His bright-eyed little daughter was patted on the head, called "Russia's Delight." Soon the Ambassador was on horseback, teaching Bolsheviks to play polo. With experienced, hard-driving Counselor of Embassy John Wiley plugging at his side. Ambassador Bullitt stormed the Kremlin again & again on the issues of credits and debts. Some four months ago Ambassador Bullitt left Moscow...
Shostakovich's choral skill exhibited itself when the peasants rolled the cook in the barrel. The peasants shouted their delight but the music had reason and a sure, compelling rhythm. When the father-in-law caught Katerina wrestling, the horns were again cruelly loud and foreboding. As she climbed the stairs and settled herself in bed, Narrator Hale described her as seeing "visions of the mating beasts and birds. . . . Even the wind bending the tree to its will is a lover, alive, insistent...
Once there was a student who took great pride in his work. His marks were the delight of his parents, the envy of his classmates, and the great satisfaction of his instructors. But to his great chagrin, he got an 'A' minus on a Philosophy 3 thesis...