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Szigeti's reason for choosing the violin as his vessel is "the irrational pleasure that communication gives: communication that transcends the barriers of language, of nationality, of race." And he feels that other performers are attracted to the arduous profession for the same reason. Szigeti was made conscious of the rigors of communication because he had to translate everything from the relatively useless Hungarian of his youth. For him, the translation from written notes to sounds is entirely analogous. And it allows him to communicate with whomever he encounters en chemin...
...False Hopes. Yet, as Kennedy discussed the problems confronting him, his visitors could sense in his words the calmness of a man who, after long and arduous deliberation, had made some vast and grave decisions-and intended to stick by them. Only a few weeks ago talk was rife in Western capitals of a "deal" with the Russians over Germany; last week that talk had all but vanished. Kennedy is determined to go to war over Berlin if necessary-and he so warned Russia's Andrei Gromyko during their October talk at the White House. Because he has decided...
Even for John Kennedy, it was an arduous week of activity. It began with word of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's setback in West Germany. Then came the news of Dag Hammarskjold's death. The next day, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko began their cautious, first-round sparring about Berlin. Across the U.S., like malevolent mist, drifted the fallout from the Russian nuclear test shots, which by week's end had reached...
Immediately after Election Day, O'Brien drew an arduous assignment: checking the qualifications, background, weak points and strong suits of nearly 10,000 prospective officials in the new Administration. One afternoon in Palm Beach, going over the lists of names with O'Brien, Kennedy casually notified him of his new job: "By the way, I think this role of congressional liaison is for you." As a graduate of both houses, Kennedy gave O'Brien a warning against the pitfalls of intimacy. "In politics," the President-elect told him, "you don't have friends. You have allies...
During the regular term candidates for the CRIMSON must endure a long and arduous competition to become members of the staff. But in the summer, the infrequency of publication makes it possible for any student in the Summer School to publish his work in the News if he has something to say and can say it well...