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U.S. opera-lovers remember Singer Flagstad with reverence and affection as the greatest Isolde since Nordica. She returned to Norway in April 1941 for a summer's visit, then broke a two-month silence to announce that she would remain there until the war ended. More silence followed, punctuated...
Maudlin affection nourished: tall, hulking Fernando Ortiz Rubio threw himself on Governor Zárate's neck, kissed his hand, blubbered: "You have been a real father to me." Then the conversation turned to futurismo. In Mexico futurismo is no esoteric art-cult; it is the highly practical question...
An eleventh-hour canvass of the local merchants revealed this stampede, at the same time unveiling the Harvard man's gift-sending eccentricities. According to the Boylston Street telegraph office, Yardlings and upperclassmen, during the past week, have been deluging every corner of the country with messages of filial affection...
Looy, dot Dope was the nickname, borrowed from Milt Gross, which Lewis Brereton's Army chums pinned on him years ago. It was a mark of affection and respect. Brereton, from the start of his Army career, was dopey like a tiger.
Now U.S. newcomers in India see Sikhs in tanks and pursuit planes, Gurkhas driving armored cars. But any soldier with General Brereton's penetrating eye is bound to spot a flaw. Due partly to circumstances, including the necessary drain on Indian manpower and equipment for other theaters, the Indian...