Word: rough
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...long time getting-out from under the older generation's thumb. Beginning his career in his teens, he taught himself by studying the styles of the artists he admired most. As he wandered from Brittany to Paris to Provence and back again, he worked his way through the rough-stroked techniques of the expressionists to the slick, brashly colored abstractions of Picasso...
...provinces-theater-in-the-round. Both the play and the production have drawbacks, but both come off pleasantly enough. Performed on an arena-like stage with the audience at its elbow and on all four sides, Broadway's theater-in-the-round at times resembles theater-in-the-rough. But the illusion of life is quite as strong as with orthodox staging; what is diminished is the illusion of theater...
...dines at the studio, sometimes with Mrs. Zanuck or his French tutor (he has been studying French on the run ever since he was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1936), sometimes alone, staring grimly at a television set. At 9, he is looking at more rushes or rough-cut complete films. Then he gives instructions to cutters, producers and directors who join him in relays into the night. He sees everything that is put on film at the studio, and the whole output of every major competitor. His working day ends some time between...
Traditional buckskins are adequate, but they are hot, and rubber soles do not make for comfortable long-distance hiking. Loafers and sneakers are cool, but rough on feet. Old leather shoes are best...
...Augie worked harder than most, for in 1949 he had finished second, seven minutes behind Vic Scott's* record-breaking 3:28.14. This year Augie got a good start, right up with the pack, but soon found himself losing ground. He had gambled that the water would be rough, had loaded his forward fuel tank to keep his bow down. The water just south of Albany was calmer than he had hoped...