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...look into this cloud of suspicion hanging over the statehouse. I am satisfied it has been dispelled." Connolly still could not be restored to his job without the consent of Powers, but it was pretty obvious that Massachusetts lawmakers were still interested in the improvement of the breed...
Last week's editorial even won praise from Liberal Establishmentarian James Reston. Washington bureau chief of the New York Times, who thought the Review's firm stand might encourage the Republican Party to rusticate Welch and all other extremists of his breed. Such recognition should compensate for the risks in criticizing a man whose flock doubtless numbers some subscribers to the National Review...
...thoughts. No musician of his time carried on a longer musical friendship with the world-and none left behind a less jaded audience when he finally withdrew from the concert stage. Kreisler was not only the greatest violinist of his generation, but also the last of a once common breed: his death last week, of a heart attack, just four days before his 87th birthday, marked the end of the long succession of violin virtuosos who were gifted enough to write for the instrument they played...
...word has not been said," suggesting that collapse is just around the corner. Both Nehru and Menon regard Indian private enterprise as some thing of a monster that must be kept in check. Certainly the older Indian capitalists are often rapacious, but Nehru and Menon are overlooking a younger breed with progressive ideas that is drawn to the Swatantra...
Isaac Stern belongs to a breed of violin virtuosos who blend the elegant techniques of past masters with a warm understanding that elevates virtuosity into art. But Stern's violin (a Guarnerius) still belongs to the breed that Paganini played-and remains a remarkably recalcitrant instrument.* Musicians avoid it so studiously that even major orchestras find it difficult to hire string-section replacements. But Stern and four other greatly gifted players have lifted the solo violin to an eminence any age could envy. Standing with Stern as the world's finest: Zino Francescatti, David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, Jascha...