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After moving from Mexico to the bomb-pocked G.D.R. in 1948 with his mother Alma, half brother Stefan and stepfather Bodo Uhse, a highly acclaimed Socialist writer, Agee begins to observe with a foreigner's freshness. He remembers the early Iron Curtain: a chicken-wire fence in an old couple's garden, preventing imperialist rabbits of the British Zone from devouring the Voik's lettuce. He recalls the angst of a zealous Red poet when Khrushchev denounced Stalin: "In a fit of self-loathing he wished to be a lumberjack in some remote country like Norway. Very...
...jokes, charisma, spot-inspections of the patrons' preppy attire, and generally witty personality wooed a Lacoste-clad crowd into buying nearly 100 copies of her book in the first hour. She dazzled patrons with her ability to describe their friends, aided only with the knowledge of the person's alma mater, which lead to the sales of more copies for more friends...
...bless his soul-decided to go with the free economy," says Regan. "Without understanding economics worth a damn he understood what the country needed economically. He and my predecessor here, John Snyder-the country banker and the country bumpkin-knew more about economics than many sophisticates out of my alma mater or anywhere else. Economics is not a science...
Mahler's "Tragic" symphony ends like Apocalypse Now. It is perhaps the most terrifying chord in all music. Mahler (1860-1911) gave more than a ten-minute appearance however (unlike Brando). His wife Alma said in her letters that the Sixth is autobiographical, like most of his other symphonies. Mahler has the last word in romantic program music--music that suggests events and images. No other composer has chosen the same hero...
...celesta (a cross between a harpsichord and a xylophone) that give the impression of mountains and lakes at Maiernegg, where Mahler composed. The first three movements suggest rest and relaxation. Two children make castles and zigzags in the sand in the Scherzo. The kids are Mahler's, according to Alma...