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...place belongs to this classic, filmed at the Salzburg Festival and released in 1962. The cast is the cream of central Europe at the time: Schwarzkopf, regal but warm in what was her greatest role; Jurinac, an ardent youthful swain; Rothenberger, silvery voiced and breathtakingly beautiful; and Edelmann, a bumptious hick from the sticks. Karajan's mastery of the score so gloriously displayed on his 1957 Angel recording with Schwarzkopf is evident in every energized...
...brash, brilliant and sometimes bumptious brat of Silicon Valley, a symbol of its high-tech genius and fabulous sudden wealth. Alternately infuriating and inspiring, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer in a California garage nine years ago and helped build it into a billion-dollar business that gave rise to the personal-computer industry. Along the way, Jobs was widely hailed as the prototype of a new American hero--the irreverent and charismatic young entrepreneur...
...route to the U.S. in 1960 as part of the entourage accompanying Nikita Khrushchev, Shevchenko hears the bumptious Premier mutter threats against the life of then U.N. Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, who died mysteriously in a plane crash in the Congo a year later...
...intention to resign during the New Year's holiday. The request was hardly new. Almost two years ago, Clark, then National Security Adviser, felt worn down by White House battles and talked of leaving Washington. But Reagan persuaded Clark to stay, and later appointed him to replace bumptious James Watt as Interior Secretary. After the election, hard-line conservatives pushed Clark as a replacement for Chief of Staff James Baker, who aspired to a Cabinet post. The President kept Baker. There has been speculation that Clark is leaving because he has no prospect of returning to the White House...
...backwater before Charles Z. Wick, 66, became its director in 1981, but the former Hollywood moviemaker, venture capitalist and, most important, close friend of Ronald Reagan's has brought to the agency righteous zeal and a show-biz tone. He has also earned an uncomplimentary reputation for a bumptious manner and an attention-getting lifestyle...