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...libretto is by two hacks of genius, Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, who vaguely based it (as they did their celebrated book for Carmen) on a work by Prosper Mérimée.* As a pretty street singer who ditches her poor but honest boy friend (Baritone Theodor Uppman) for a viceroy of Peru, Soprano Patrice Munsel does some discreet bumps and grinds, rides an ass, and prettily sings the operetta's best-known tune, a farewell aria to her sweetheart-one of those lovely, almost-convincing pieces of lyricism that Offenbach turned out along with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Romp at the Met | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

...Joshua M. Levin: Freshman Smoker Committee; Ass't. Dorm Athletic Manager, 1950-'51; Freshman Associate Basketball Manager; Undergraduate Tutorial Staff for PBH, 1951-'53; Varsity Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eighty-five Seniors Contest for Permanent Class Committee Offices | 3/24/1954 | See Source »

...Chicago, where many newspapermen still work in the Front Page tradition, Chicago Daily News Columnist Sydney J. (for Justin) Harris, 35, uses a more intellectual text as his guide. Says he: "I'm just a second-string Aristotle." By serving up his batch of high-and lowbrow opinions on everything from neon signs to neo-Thomism, Columnist Harris has become the most quoted newsman in the city. He has also become the center of countless arguments, whether discussing free love ("It frequently takes a man a long time to learn that free love is more expensive than any other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Second-String Aristotle | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...William M. Zeembik; Kirkland; House crew; Young Republican Club; Harvard Railroad Club, Vice President and Treasurer; House Committee; American Ass'n for Advancement of Science.Zsembik...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record Number of Candidates Vies for Places | 2/28/1952 | See Source »

...Eliot House senior, gobbling down his entree last Friday; almost choked on a metal band. He brushed off the band, found that it had the legend "ASS. R.O.P. 95 M 6" stamped on it, and concluded that a banded migrating bird had innocently flown into the central kitchen and been foully done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crow Now House Fare | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

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