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Always articulate about himself, Wagner describes in one letter his method of composition: "Before starting to write a verse, or even to outline a scene, I must first feel intoxicated by the musical aroma of my subject, all the tones, all the characteristic motives are in my head, so that when the verses are finished and the scenes ordered, the opera proper is also finished for me and the musical treatment in detail is rather a calm and considered afterwork which the moment of real creation has preceded...
...fails to be a circus. There has been too much of the probable in Ringling's recent offerings. Almost one-third of the present show flaunts beautiful horses, waltzing girls, and "sixty alluring senoritas aloft" clinking sixty golden glockenspiels aloft. Partly because of this, the big-top festival aroma has been missing from recent shows. Gone are the lions and tigers and men shooting from cannons; in their place are sexy ballets. The aroma was better...
...Liberal and Christian Scientist who once lived in a hut next to Gandhi, loved speech-making and Southern fried chicken. Some said he had been in favor of appeasing Hitler, but his wartime patriotism was ardent and eloquent. ¶ Lord Halifax (1941-46), who also arrived with a faint aroma of appeasement clinging to his reputation, but soon became one of the most respected men in Washington. His character was an inspiring blend of force and gentleness, of practicality and high purpose. ¶Lord Inverchapel (Sir Archibald Clark Kerr) (1946-48), a professional diplomat who could play the bagpipes...
...short, one of those August weeks in which the steam from the soup of day-to-day events gave off a rich, pungent aroma...
...sustain their pledge and withdraw from the national fraternity. There is considerable financial risk--their house is owned by a group of graduates who may feel strong ties to the national body--and there is the loss of pledging power that will be a big factor once the aroma of this affair passes...