Word: great
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...State Department's . . . sycophancy toward Great Britain, plus abject fear of Russia and its least organized satellite, has betrayed China, and is thus moving to concede all Asia to Communism...
...best individual matches of the afternoon appear to be the 145 and 155-pound contests. Smith's opponent at 145 will have a decisive height advantage and is heavy through the shoulders, but he comes up against a man who knows a great deal about wrestling. If Carter can stay with John Hansen, another New England freshman champion, the 136-pound fight should be an interesting...
...good performance of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in that the performers enjoy themselves. The Canterbury players who gave "Patience" at the Christ Church Parish House last night, and who will repeat tonight, had a better time by far acting than the audience had listening. The result was a great show...
...Great credit is due to Sam V. K. Willson who leaned back in his seat throughout, directing both the onstage and pit choruses. The stage being very small, he found it necessary to keep a majority of the dragoons and rapturous maidens seated in the pit. The idea was a great success. It not only left the stage uncluttered, but it provided the necessary volume for the chorus parts...
...Patience" has a great deal of very light and tuneful music. It demands the light touch to put it across with the zeat required to create and enjoyable performance. I have infrequently soon so much zest and life put into anything, and I have never seen a more enjoyable presentation of "Patience...