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Searching the Dustbins. In large part, the new Siege bore a made-in-U.S.A. stamp. American Conductor Thomas Schippers was on the podium, and his three principal singers were also American. Soprano Beverly Sills of the New York City Opera made a stunning La Scala debut as the Greek heroine Pamira. Mezzo-Soprano Marilyn Home displayed her rich vocal resources as the young Greek army officer Neocle (in the 19th century,female singers were often cast as young men). Puerto Rican-born Justino Diaz of the Met filled the basso role of the Turkish sultan with majesty and brilliance...
...under Libra-which governs statesmen, managers, judges. I am a Leo: leader, politician, entertainer. I happen to be a retiring, bookish scientist. I have never led anything more potent than a nature hike; never been more political than my vote; and even my best friends admit I am a bore. Why doesn't an airline run a horoscope and cancel a flight if it turns out bad? And then, can you see the headlines next day: "Crash Canceled-Nobody Dead...
...this P.S.: "I noticed the watermark on your stationery, and I am wondering if it is apt." Replied Bunker: "I had never noticed the watermark. If it has any appropriateness, I hope it means that our conquest will be in the realm of peace." (P.S. This time the stationery bore no watermark...
Young Novelist Thomas Keneally showed his talents in Bring Larks and Heroes (TIME, Aug. 16), which bore on the special subject of colonial servitude. Despite its title, Three Cheers for the Paraclete is less special. Modern Sydney, where the story takes place, is not remote; indeed, its population, one-sixth Irish Catholic, lends the quality of life there something of the familiar, built-in tensions of Boston or Philadelphia...
...rocket and mortar fire continued to pound up and down South Viet Nam and the Communists' post-Tet offensive of 1969 ended its third week, it bore some superficial resemblances to its predecessor at Tet last year. There was scarcely a major city or military center in the country that had not suffered some enemy fire. The numbers of provincial capitals that came under attack this year and last were identical: 29. "If you plotted the action by throwing up darts at a board," said one U.S. officer, "they'd look about the same." Outwardly the most distressing...