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...item-possibly because it is in C major, the easiest key to play in. Brahms' First Symphony ranks second (114 performances). Beethoven's Fifth, whose dit-dit-dit-dah victory opening can be whistled by more nonmusical people than any other classical theme, is way down to 39th place on the list, as against tenth last year. Mozart is the most popular composer (1,627 performances overall), with Beethoven and Brahms tagging respectfully just behind...
Talking Boards. Now a distinguished German ethnographer has offered a fresh solution to the puzzle. The Incas, Dr. Thomas S. Barthel told the 39th International Congress of Americanists in Lima last week, did indeed have a primitive script. It has remained available, though unrecognized, through the centuries. Further, said the Tübingen University professor, he has translated about 25 of the symbols...
Head-Hunting. In New York, shielded by swarms of local cops and Secret Service men,* Nixon divided his time between temporary headquarters on the 39th floor of the elegant Hotel Pierre (the same floor that Aristotle Onassis often occupied) and his apartment a block and a half up Fifth Avenue. He conducted almost continuous staff meetings, many of them devoted to the talent search for Cabinet members and the 2,200 or so other officials who will make up the core of his Administration...
...Seals in 39th, Phil Lichtenstein in 74th, and captain Andy Meltzoff in 79th completed the Yardling scoring in their final meet of the season...
...that genuine help from the Vice President might be highly useful, but more obviously, because John Kennedy's assassination has dramatized the fact that the Vice President really must be considered the President's heir. Both Agnew and Nixon now face the challenge of erasing the doubts about the 39th Vice President and preparing him for the potential role his office is designed to fill...