Word: enliven
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Three generations later Annabelle appears as the descendant of the gypsy princess and proceeds to enliven the plot with her own liaisons with the Irish family. Henry Fonda, owner and trainer of Destiny Bay, candidate for the Derby, co-stars with Annabelle who also possesses a promising horse. Wings of the Morning. From this point the story itself is partially lost amid these attractions of Annabelle's personality and the beauties of the Irish countryside which are set off to great advantage in technicolor...
Though the social side makes a strong appeal to the men who engage in House plays, perhaps the spontaneity which enliven the productions is most to be admired. When Lowell presented "The Beggar's Opera" several years ago, the audience was resigned beforehand to a poor attempt at a difficult play. Yet so good were the acting and singing that, in spite of themselves, the spectators laughed with the actors. The excellence of the performance was not due, by any means, to the experience of the players, but to their desire for self-entertainment, which is the essence of these...
Occasionally the opposite happened as when a science editor tried to out argue someone who was explaining a paper that he had spent a good part of his life studying. Often offhand remarks by reporters would enliven the sessions. Thus when one interpreter was discussing a paper in the symposium on "Factors Determining Human Behavior," one reporter compared a child's actions under certain circumstances to a cat who'd been fed a hot oyster at which he'd pawed in anger after the bivalve had burnt him. "Do you feed your cat hot oysters asked someone. "Why yes," answered...
...suddenly seems almost upon us. An epidemic of German measles is sweeping the University and making the best of friends frightened to converse with each other at less than two yards range. It is also wreaking havoc in the various casts which are assembled for the amateur plays which enliven the end of term. The Provost of King's College's production of Aristophanes' "Frogs" seems to have got under way today without serious depletion, but the grand production of "Julius Caesar," which the Marlowe Society and the A. D. C. are jointly preparing for next week (with your compatriot...
...nearly every gathering they have attended in the past year U. S. bankers have been admonished to enliven their publicity, redouble their educational efforts, explain their services & operations to the public. In the last fortnight two banks have made newsworthy publicity. Union & New Haven (Conn.) Trust Co. began publishing a monthly called A Pepys Diary of Banking, a day-by-day account of the institution's routine. Sample entry: "Regular meeting of the trust committee. The Trust Company's own bond account reviewed; market value on Dec. 31, 1935 substantially exceeded book value. . . . Purchases and sales of more...