Word: work
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...purpose of all purposes in man is not a rational one but an instinctive one. It is love at first sight--love an idea, of a girl, of a cause." The assertion of purpose is non-rational; "it's a great gamble, but the work is play for great stakes...
...somewhat uncertain beginning, probably the result of nervousness, he succeeded in conveying the dolce, expressivo tone of the first movement. The second section, however, seemed rather too prestissimo for his fingers, and the opening of the final slow movement lacked the needed singing quality. The final minutes of the work more than made up for this lack, though, and Mr. Fischer's playing of the final variation, with its incredibly long (and beautiful) trills and arpeggio passages, was nothing less than spell-binding. With the final return to the simple theme, the audience breathed again...
...which confused and nearly stopped the making of the film version of Bertolt Brecht's Die Dreigroschenoper, the movie is a brilliant success. It was Brecht himself who nearly ruined the film, for between 1928, when he wrote the play, and 1931, when G. W. Pabst commissioned him to work on the film script, Brecht's interest in Marxism had become a strong conviction, and he wanted the film turned into an anti-capitalist diatribe...
Introductory meeting are at the Building, December 5 and 6. Shall you seize the moment now or slide in Lethe? Ladies (yes suffrage movements have most definitely wrought their work in this citadel) and gentlemen, the day is yours. Take it while...
Over the past 18 months, five separate industrial plants have been at work on a project, each making a small but vital part, each kept in ignorance of the nature of the ultimate weapon. Then last week, with all sections assembled, Chancellor Records of Philadelphia detonated its bomb. American youth can now buy long-playing albums containing the sculptured heads of the Great Ducktail Warblers, Fabian and Frankie Avalon...