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Isidore Cohen, Violist Karen Tuttle and Cellist Madeline Foley, and still found time for a brisk schedule of concerts in Buffalo, Indianapolis and Chicago...
...Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, is a burly, stubby man with an air of natural vigor about him. His thick eyebrows are black, the color of his face is high, and the flesh around his nose and jaw inclines to coarseness. He moves fast, with a short, brisk stride, and makes rapid gesticulations with his short-fingered, square-palmed hands when he talks. (He is not often silent.) There is nothing light or graceful about him when he stands chunkily on his own two feet, but on a horse he looks as well as any man could wish...
...fight to get better wages fc Filipino workers, Jesuit Father Walter I Hogan, Manila's "labor priest," has mad himself some formidable enemies (TIMI March 12, 1951). But he has had the COE consistent support of Papal Nuncio Egidi Vagnozzi, a brisk, 46-year-old Italia whose plain speaking long ago got him th nickname of "II Americano" in Vatica circles. Since his arrival 2½-years ago Archbishop Vagnozzi has given heavy be hind-the-scenes support to the efforts of Roman Catholics like Philadelphian He gan to give Filipinos a fresh deal before the Communists...
...priest and the librarian of Chicago's De Paul University. As a professional librarian, he has had a fine chance to look into his old problem. In a book published last week, What Is the Index? (Bruce; $2.75), he has written a short and brisk guide to the church's position on reading...
...choosing its freshman class Sarah Lawrence must practice the greatest care. The college seeks girls who can be trusted to work at a steady and brisk pace; without this characteristic the educational system must needs collapse. Complicating admissions is Sarah Lawrence's abnormally high tuition rate of $2,281 needed by the college to meet expenses. There is only the small endowment of $295,000 left by William Lawrence. The interest of $24,000 just pays off the interest on the mortgage and keeps the buildings heated and lighted. The tuition, therefore, must add up to salaries and materials...