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...there, Del Monaco earned a reputation more for force than for artistry. After a heavy workout in Florence, he moved to La Scala. His first season at the Met (1951-52) caused some terrible word-hurling. Wrote one New York Times critic of his acting in Otello: "His chop-licking, heart-clasping, tooth-gnashing, narrow-glancing, head-wagging, threatening, tottering behavior had the audience snickering in embarrassment." Critics admired his powerful voice, but found it cold...
DEPLETION ALLOWANCE, which allows oilmen to put away 27½% of their gross oil and gas income tax-free (up to 50% of their net), will be continued as is. The Senate Finance Committee voted down a plan to chop the allowance...
...this one, Management (John Raitt) Meets Labor (Janis Paige), Management Fires Labor, then, with a little more dexterous management, rehires and weds her. En route there are small blobs and faint glimmers of satire, the usual doings at shop and picnic grounds, and some wackily unusual ones in a chop-suey joint...
Property Improvement. In Milwaukee, arrested for taking an ax to the electric power pole in front of his house, Albert Freiberg, 41, explained: "The pole mars the beauty of my property ... I told them right from the start that if it didn't look nice, I'd chop it down...
HARD COAL industry is in its worst trouble since pre-World War II days. Poor sales during the winter and increased use of oil and gas for heating have forced mines to chop prices as much as 12%, cut back operations drastically...