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Painter Steven Mueller has had his work featured at the Annina Nosei Gallery; the Tibor De Nagy Gallery; and Mary Boone galleries. His numerous awards include a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a fellowship from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation...
...take one of the most visible figures of the most twentieth century, let's follow Our Dumb Century's coverage of the career of Adolph Hitler. In 1937, "Kampfy the Uberhund," the adorable anti-Semitic mutt, is introduced by the propaganda minister to make Jew hating fun for German boys and girls. Later in 1937, the headline reads "German Jews Concerned about Hitler's 'Kill All Jews' Proposal." Samuel Eisenstein is quoted in the article as saying, "Most of Chancellor Hitler's speech I agreed with, except for the part where he said that the Jews are a parasite race...
...cinema world there came the announcement, last week, that henceforth William Fox, head of Fox Film Corp., would produce only talking pictures. Inasmuch as Talker Fox, through his recent acquisition of Loew's, Inc., had become possibly Greatest Film Man (succeeding Adolph Zukor, head of Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky Corp.) his announcement was widely interpreted as "dooming" the silent picture. Furthermore, as Mr. Fox also announced that he had secured the services of some 200 "legitimate" actors, stage-directors, dialog writers and dramatists, singers, dancers and musical comedy producers and composers, it was also felt that the entire theatrical world...
Perhaps the best testimony, though, to the extraordinary coach Smith was his own comportment last March after his Tar Heels defeated a pesky and game Fairfield University team, 82-74, in the first round of the NCAA tournament--a win that temporarily tied Smith with Kentucky's Adolph Rupp for most victories in a career. Rather than celebrate the record, Smith sought out each and every member of the opposition to congratulate him. He asked leading scorer Greg Francis, "Do you always play like that?" and told coach Paul Cormier, "I just want you to know we played very well...
...fabulous art form. Oklahoma!, cornpone revolutionizer of the musical, was playing nearby, and Carousel was about to open. Kurt Weill, Sigmund Romberg, Cole Porter and Harold Arlen all had new shows. As for the new kids, two of On the Town's creators were 31: Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the co-stars who wrote the show. Two were 26: composer Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins...