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Moussorgsky left the orchestration of this work even less complete than that of Boris, and the plot is far more complicated and considerably less powerful than that of his earlier chef d'oeuvre. A production of it is therefore obliged, musically and dramatically, to take the utmost care to clear up the murk caused by its incompleteness and intricacy...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Khovantschina | 9/28/1960 | See Source »

...being telephoned. 4) an electrowriting machine that uses telephone wires to transmit facsimile handwriting and sketches, 5) an automatic merchandiser that dispenses clothing, makes change from dollar bills, 6) an electronic system linking an airline's ticket offices throughout the U.S., 7) a cart for big-chef barbecues, 8; a plastic balloon building, 9) a 50-ton log stacker, 10) a tree crusher, 11) a transistor radio as small as a sugar cube, 12) a language-translating machine, 13) an underwater torpedo retriever, 14) a movable island crane, 15 ) a high-speed ditch digger, 16) a "pickle picker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 19, 1960 | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

...improve the flavor and attractiveness of the food processed at his 14 central commissaries, Johnson has hired Pierre Franey, former head chef of Manhattan's gourmet-minded Le Pavilion restaurant. Franey's job is to jazz the menu a little. With him in charge, Johnson hopes to get around the shortage of good cooks by making food in batches, freezing it in polyethylene bags holding a serving each. Each local restaurant simply quick-heats the serving on infra-red or radar ranges, hopefully keeping some of the original flavor. Johnson thinks that U.S. food tastes are becoming more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Host of the Highways | 9/5/1960 | See Source »

...issues and the longstanding French Canadian fears of being dominated by English Canada, won a smashing victory over a Liberal regime that had become corrupt. Except for the war years 1939 to 1944, Duplessis ruled Quebec thereafter with an iron hand and a corrupt machine. Cynical and dictatorial, Le Chef rewarded the voting faithful with bridges and roads, fought labor with savage laws and police brutality, kept Quebec's eyes turned to its agricultural past and stayed in close touch with the powerful church hierarchy. When he died last year, his common-sense successor, Paul Sauve, tried to modernize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Upset in Quebec | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

Perhaps, come to think of it, colleges should give a MRS. degree. To receive this degree candidate must have the cooking skill of a chef, the first-aid knowledge of a scoutmaster, the diplomatic ability of a foreign-service officer, the patience of a saint, the knowledge of child psychology of a specialist in this field. I suppose, though, by the time a girl had completed the course she would be too old to marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 18, 1960 | 4/18/1960 | See Source »

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