Word: pleasingness
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In the New York World's Fair grounds at Flushing Meadow Park, L. I., Dr. Wralter O. Robinson of Brooklyn's St. John's University held the first of a series of classes for Fair attendants in "pleasing and effective speech." His aim: "It is not our...
Mr. Balanchine has again shown a nice discretion in his adaptation of the ballet to musical comedy; at one point he combines a tap and a ballet to create an extremely pleasing and original number. His "tape-worm" finale to the first act was something of a disappointment, but it...
The passage of thirty-six years, Hull admits, has dimmed his memory about the two politicoes, but he recalls Roosevelt as "tall, slim and giving the general impression of a pleasing and agreeable personality." He described him as "a well-behaved young man." Bulkley was called Roy, he said.
A high point in the current craze among dance bands to make swing versions of popular classics is reached in the adaptation by Larry Clinton of Debussy's "Reverie." So perfect a fusion of so-called classic and modern elements has been made in this piece that as far as...
Breuer's modern residential dwellings are masterpieces of their type. Lacking the stiffness and coldness of many Cubistic creations, they have movement, life, and fluidity which makes them extremely pleasing to the eye.