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...theater, located at 993 Massachusetts Avenue, will be "the most up-to-date in New England," according to Stephen G. Minasian, treasurer of Esquire Theaters of America, which owns both the Esquire and the Kenmore theaters. A sculptured mural by Henri Lyon will adorn the facade...
...that bucolic 45-mile-long valley, 83 families live peacefully in humble cabins and fine log homes. Hunting rifles adorn their walls and fishing rods and boots occupy the corners of the rooms. In cabin after cabin, there is a color picture of the President of the United States. Yes, sir, says one oldtimer gesturing to a photo on the wall, "he was a great man, that Franklin D. Roosevelt." And over in the Dirty Shame Saloon, Grocery Store and Gas Station, Proprietor "Buster" Bray, formerly of San Francisco, says: "I wouldn't trade any of this for Third...
...Bourdelle was more than just a teacher and innovator. His friezes adorn theatres in Paris and Marseilles; his monuments stand in Paris, Warsaw and Buenos Aires. He completed 876 sculptures before his death in 1929, as well as over 6000 drawings, gouaches and watercolors. Anatole France, another friends, called Bourdelle "the most illustrious Frenchman of his time...
...room in a far seedier dormitory 15 minutes from the campus. They get a real taste of the Russian passion for sharing food, clothes, books-almost everything except toothbrushes. They also get a close look at the Russian mind. One observation is that Russian students almost never adorn their rooms with pictures of Marx, Lenin or Khrushchev; another is that they are far less interested in cold-war quarreling than in hot questioning about U.S. music, literature and living. "There isn't much gung-ho Communism here," says one American...
...brought $535,000 in two sessions at Manhattan's Americana Hotel. Rarest of the lot: an 1854s $5 half eagle, one of three extant, which fetched $16,500 from a buyer. Why was Wolfson cashing in his collection? Fingering the 1850 gold dollars (value: $150) that adorn his cuff links, he explained: "I've come within 8% of getting one of every gold coin minted in this country. It's been a thrill, but I'd never have been able to complete...