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...Scribe. A gang of builders invaded the old structure, gutted the ground floor and prepared to rebuild the entire six floors. Only the outside will remain the same. France's "Law on Historic Monuments" jealously prohibits tampering with the building's traditional façade; city officials refused even to let American Express sandblast its grimy exterior lest this make the nearby grimy Opéra look even dirtier...
...also secretary of the Combined Policy Committee on Atomic Developments, with a pass which admitted him to the U.S. AEC offices at any time of day or night. With his pretty wife and two young children, Maclean outwardly seemed like the perfect young diplomat. But behind his façade of charm, the strain of his double life began to tell...
Since Britain's doughty Poetess Dame Edith (Façade) Sitwell, 68, and Cinemactress Marilyn (The Seven Year Itch) Monroe, 29, met in Hollywood last year, Dame Edith's life has not been the same. Intrigued by the incongruity of the two ladies, the world's press thenceforth gleefully linked their names on the least pretext. Last week, Dame Edith was asked about Marilyn again, reached the end of her rope, cried: "If I hear that young woman's name again I shall shriek! Being a polite and, I hope, chivalrous woman, I said...
Affair of Heart. More than the music, the house itself will be the major attraction. The façade remains practically the same. Inside, the building has been redecorated (in the old ivory, gold and red) and modernized: no gallery pillars to sit behind, earphones for back seats, air-circulation system concealed in the giant crystal chandelier. Part of the former imperial box now holds radio, TV and lighting controls. The new stage is the largest and best-equipped opera stage in the world. Complete sets can be rolled on, revolved, or lowered into a cavernous substage in a matter...
Miss Smith proved to have a pleasing voice, though it was impossible to understand her words. Simon made every syllable perfectly clear. He was joined by soprano Ann Hollander and the two viols in an extraordinarily moving performance of the deservedly popular Ich sag ade; but why, the second time through, did they choose to end in the middle? The six instrumentalists turned in fair jobs, with the exception of Ich stund an cinem Morgen, whose rhythmic complexities, even on a second try, seemed to preclude staying together...