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...surprise, the festival's standout was the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Blending classical and jazz traditions with a masterful touch, Milhaud-trained Pianist Brubeck (TIME cover, Nov. 8, 1954) and his mates (Eugene Wright on bass, Joe Morello on drums, Paul Desmond on alto sax) made each number sound like a theme and variations. The quartet usually started with well-known tunes (These Foolish Things, St. Louis Blues), then varied the tempo (from 4/4 to 5/4 and back to 3/4) as it injected its own sometimes loud, sometimes soft designs. The solo lead flew like a badminton bird from...
...Needing pars on the last two holes to win, the pressure finally cracked Los Angeles' tiny (5 ft. 5 in., 134 Ibs.) Jerry Barber, 43, who bogeyed both, lost the Professional Golfers' Association title by a single stroke to Palo Alto's burly Bob Rosburg, 32, who finished with a blazing 66 for a total of 277 at the Minneapolis Golf Club...
...notes and lists of job possibilities that have produced 700 offers, many at salaries 10% to 20% higher than big firms would give. Student Association President William Schulz, 28, a West Pointer who got 50 offers, wound up starting his own small business (Homesmith Inc.-home repairs) in Palo Alto, Calif. "It was a reaction to the Organization Man idea," he says. So far, at least 30 others have taken small-business jobs, and Harvard officials, sensing a trend, are preparing to help new classes expand their own job-hunting programs...
...many gifts. Dressed in a striking white costume with mismatched red and orange gloves and stockings, he does a thousand and one things with skill and vigor. The Singing Zany is played by Russell Oberlin, who cavorts about with lightness. Being the world's finest countertenor (natural male alto), he displays again and again a soaring voice of unbelievable purity and beauty...
...Another: the San Francisco peninsula around Stanford University at Palo Alto...