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...natural place to glow was the House of Commons, where, as his biographer observes, Churchill's bulldozing ascent soon earned him respect and enmity in equal measure: "When he was a backbencher, Churchill had spoken as if he were an Under-Secretary; as Under-Secretary, as if a member of the Cabinet; and when he reached the Cabinet, he was apt to speak as if he were Prime Minister." It is only fair to add that as Prime Minister, he was likely to speak as if he were...
...World of Sports, which has telecast 90 different sports events in 31 countries, he goes to uncommon lengths "to capture the spirit of the place, the people and the event." In 1965, when a team of mountain climbers scaled the Matterhorn to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first ascent, they were greeted on top by an ABC camera team that had climbed up the day before to film the event...
Cries of "Yes! Yes! YES!" greeted the first entry in the aerobatics division, as the plane mounted to the ceiling in an intricate ascent. But its glory was short-lived, for it flip-flop-flapped cumbersomely to the floor. John Pesando and Bill Tennant's tosses, however, both had flashy curves, and the two were asked to repeat their throws...
...until the climbers return to civilization will full details of the Vinson ascent be known. And that may be quite a while. Last week Leader Clinch informed McMurdo Sound that the expedition was shifting its attention to Mount Tyree-at 16,290 ft., the second highest peak in Antarctica...
...sound, Penderecki's two-hour oratorio draws on a wide musical spectrum ranging from pious Gregorian chants to the dry linearity of the twelve-tone school. In a fresh departure from the Passions of Bach and Telemann, his chorus participates as well as comments, punctuating Christ's ascent to Calvary with hisses, shouts and mocking laughter, while the music quavers and sighs in sympathetic counterpoint. With the lean, clean strokes of a fencer, Penderecki slices to the heart of the Passion, revealing through the intolerance shown to one man the tragedy...