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Economic Dither. He got something for his losses. Sir Thomas is often referred to as the greatest amateur in musical history. He is probably the only figure in that history who has been angel, impresario and artist all at the same time. He hired the finest operatic artists he could find, supervised their operas, conducted in the pit-and ended by reinvigorating the whole art of opera in England. On the side, he conducted symphony concerts in Queen's and Royal Albert Halls, introduced England to compositions by Sibelius, Strauss, Stravinsky, Delius and many other contemporaries...
Costa Rica's President Dr. Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia assured Mr. Wallace that of all visits from foreign greats, "none has been so glorious as yours, due to the fact that you are a fellow citizen of that peerless democrat, Franklin D. Roosevelt." Said Henry Wallace, for publication: "I am not a politician...
...Transatlantic Call (Sun., 12 noon, E.W.T.). "Plenty of doughboys come down to look at Lambeth Walk," said one Lambethman, "and there's nothing to see now." From the radio account it appeared that the Walk had been a bent little lane of shops with a pub called The Angel, an Eel Pie Saloon, and, in peacetime, a street market where anything could be had from "a pin to an elephant...
...Garden. Behind her on the crowded stage spread a vast grey-blue cloth backdrop, on which was emblazoned a huge red Chinese ideograph meaning victory. In a long black dress, gold-trimmed, wearing green earrings, black gloves, she looked more like next month's Vogue than the avenging angel of 422,000,000 people...
...scientific and medical research, public health, social studies, and "the care and comfort of aged people" he created a $40,000,000 trust fund. Peacetime automaker (Morris, Wolseley), Lord Nuffield is now one of Britain's main armorers, also one of her most unreconstructed individualists. Chief financial angel of Oxford University, he was once so moved by Oxonians' eloquent thanks to him at a platform ceremony that he abruptly rose to his feet and promised another $3,750,000. In announcing his charitable trust last week the Viscount took pains to point out that private enterprise had made...