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...opening of each session, the crystal chandeliers of Warsaw's elegant Philharmonic Hall were dimmed while a single spot focused for several reverent minutes on a bust of Chopin on stage. One slight, intense young pianist among the contestants at the sixth International Chopin Piano Competition seemed to resemble the master. At 18, the jury and audience agreed. Italy's Maurizio Pollini was clearly a pianist of the first rank. Last week Pollini became the first Westerner to win the coveted first prize of the Warsaw competition...
This year's clothes are simpler and more wearable than in many years. With no single New Look, the fashions show a great deal of variety. Waistlines wander from bust (Laroche) to hip (Dior); necklines are generally bare. Pleats are emphasized in Nina Ricci's dresses and evening gowns. Suits are sometimes only suits, but often, as with Pierre Cardin, they turn out to be dresses with jackets. Several leading houses emphasized lounging pants, among them Dior, which designed a number of lounging costumes for formal evening wear. About the only thing the designers agreed on was that...
...meeting should take up reunification of Germany through free elections, Khrushchev broke in to growl that his utmost concession on Germany would be to guarantee Berlin as a "free city" once the West withdrew its troops. Things were not helped even when Gronchi presented Khrushchev with a 16th century bust of Marcus Aurelius...
...industry overreached itself by demanding authority to change plant work rules, succeeded only in uniting the rank and file behind Dave McDonald and his war cry that the bosses were out to "bust the union." When President Eisenhower's Taft-Hartley board met in October, after the strike had dragged on for three months, the fact finders discovered that the steel industry spokesmen, headed by Chief Negotiator R. Conrad Cooper, were unable to present a convincing case on the work-rules issue. "It's very distressing at this stage," said Chairman George William Taylor, "that we are still...
...intelligent New Haven rider, for instance, knows that if the road cannot make money, it will go bust-and he will have to find another, more expensive way to work. Many roads fear that raising fares much more will drive more commuters to the auto. But the sturdy rail commuters still left have little taste for exchanging their lot for traffic chaos. The Long Island has raised fares four times since 1956, yet has never lost more than 1% of its commuters after any hike...