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...Harold Stassen, whose muckrake started the investigation of speculators inside the Government (TIME, Dec. 22), was given the stage and the spotlight by the Senate Appropriations Committee last week. Amidst considerable hubbub (cameramen literally fell over each other) and sharp political jabbing. Presidential Candidate Stassen let fly. He charged that...
...most significant artistic achievement was the opera itself, which Mr. Goldovsky and a similar cast lied presented for the first time in America at Tanglewood last summer. Like several other Mozart operas, notably "Cosi Fan Tutte," "Idomeneo" is a diamond lying neglected amidst the track of the nineteenth century. The orchestral passages are exceptional even for Mozart, and the choral writing is superior to that in his more famous operas. As presented in Mr. Goldovsky's adaptation, the first act was highly conventionalized and contained too much plot exposition in the form of recitative--arias were scarce, in fact...
Raymond Crew '51 organized a chamber orchestra to serenade the Freshmen from the Union balcony at luncheon Saturday. The group was driven into disorganized retreat, however, amidst a shower of rolls and hotdogs accurately directed by these eating on the floor below. Refusing to be daunted, Grew obtained endorsement of his nomination from starlett Gloria Grahame of the movie, "Crossfire...
...fifteen minutes Cashing, '79, got a touch-down from a fine kick by Seamans, and the latter, amidst many cheers, kicked the goal. Sides were again changed, and the game resumed. There was hard fighting by both teams, and some good playing. Princeton got touchdown, but missed the goal...
H.U.E.R.A. is not nationally affiliated. A.F. of L. organization has been defeated three times amidst charges that the local union was receiving University...