Word: luckiest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even for those lucky enough to have gotten into one performance, the other productions probably still remain a mystery. Those who saw the program that included Les Fausses Confidences and Les Adieux were decidedly the luckiest. But no one having gone just one night will really have a bad word for M. Barrault and company. The production of the Misanthrope was exciting, if only because of the gracefulness and wit of French acting. While this story of the overly just and truthful man in a foppish society is meaningful and often full of poetic beauty, the plot is not wholly...
...Monte Carlo last week prepared a new game of chance, just for newsmen, who dubbed it "Rainier Roulette." Although hundreds of U.S. and European correspondents were preparing to cover the wedding of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly of MGM, it looked as though only the luckiest kind of a chance would get any of the working press into the throne room and cathedral. Before leaving...
...President Pusey. The master of ceremonies finally stood up to introduce the guest of honor. "There isn't much that I 'can add to what has already been said," he understated. He gave White an engraved watch. White spoke quietly and modestly. He said that he considered himself "the luckiest person in the world...
...play a parlor game there on Thursday nights. Then he flies back to New York to spend four hours chatting on NBC-Radio. For these jmd similar radio-TV chores, Master of Ceremonies Cullen earns about $150,000 a year. He says wonderingly: "I guess I'm the luckiest guy in the world...
...Consumers. While McKay's decision made the last-ditch defenders of public power unhappy, it was good news for the small domestic and rural customers of the private utilities. Since the state keeps a close control on utility rates, they will reap the major benefits from cheaper power. Luckiest of all are the people in McKay's native Portland, Ore. They are supplied by the Portland General Electric Co., which counts on Bonneville for almost three-fourths of its power needs. Last year, when water was low and less power was generated, P.G.E. had to buy costlier steam...