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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...West Side front as far as new shows are concerned, and among the old, the summer sun has roasted into oblivion a few that the critics missed. Of the more durable musicals, there are Bye Bye Birdie, a rousing rock-'n'-roll call for an Elvis-type monster; Fiorello!, a more fun-than smoke-filled memoir of New York City's late mayor; and West Side Story, Romeo and Juliet in a brilliantly choreographed Manhattan rumble. Among the dramatic works, the midsummer's night cream includes Toys in the Attic, Lillian Hellman's corrosive piece...
...evidently, feeling the pinch. W. W. Rostow's thesis that a colonial mother country's problem is not so much to colonize as it is to clear out of its colonies is justifying itself in a manner intolerable to Premier Eyskens. The Premier regards Lumumba as the worst type of new nationalist leader, and Tshombe as a nice, cooperative sort of chap whose policies seem likely to keep everyone perfectly tranquil...
Besides keeping time by the foot, Seeger's audience was encouraged to snap a none-too-collective finger and sing a rich array of lyrics invoking unknown gods. The spectacle is reminiscent of a certain type of musical therapy now in vogue at various institutions across the country...
...Chrysler's first-half sales were up 14% to $1.75 billion, earnings thudded from 1959's $6.65 per share to $2.69. The principal reason, explained Chrysler Chairman Lester Lum ("Tex") Colbert, who was also deep in other troubles (see below), was "lower profit margins on the economy-type cars." Ford felt the pangs of the compacts' success the most (42% of Ford cars sold in the second quarter were compacts) : though Ford sold more cars in the first half of this year, its dollar sales declined and so did its earnings, from $5.22 to $4.83 per share...
...focus and occasion of Dinger's social rise and moral downfall is Rex Boone, a "bozzle bonce," meaning a chap who is handicapped by intelligence, good manners and a U-type accent. Boone, also facetiously known as "Gangster" or "Gangst," is fatally crippled by having a gentle nature. Like Gunga Din or Sir Philip Sidney, of whom Dinger has vaguely heard, Boone is a "real mug" with "no future." Yet for a while, Dinger and Boone are "chinas," or buddies.* They try to assert their individuality against the khaki mass, against superior officers who are "189% swine," and against...