Word: choses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past years calypsonians staged nightlong "wars," attempting to outrhyme and outwit each other verse for verse, never repeating themselves as they improvised. Last week Port-of-Spain chose a Calypso King in a more sedate and less spontaneous contest. His professional name was The Mighty Sparrow. His song: Yankees Gone, hymning the imminent closing of the U.S. naval base. Excerpt...
...Hartford by "The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music." Four Saints met with phenomenal success--in its cellophane settings, biting themes, and all-Negro cast. When informed that some residents of Hartford looked askance at the colored performers, Virgil T. quipped, "Tell the cast to go on whiteface." He chose the Negroes, he said, for their beauty of voice, clarity of enunciation, and fine carriage. Gertrude remained in Paris, despite this word from Virgil...
...strong congressional support. What emerged after many hours was a line-up that seemed somewhat oldish and politico-ridden for a new administration with a dynamic program. Snapped Rio's Correio da Manhã: "Faced with the choice between a great Cabinet and Congressional majority, Senhor Kubitschek chose the latter." In at least two key Cabinet posts, however, Kubitschek placed his first choices: as Finance Minister, shrewd Federal Deputy José Maria Alkmin, a loyal friend since the telegraph-office days in Belo Horizonte; as War Minister, General Henrique Teixeira Lott...
Sally Cameron '57 of Whitman Hall and San Francisco has been elected manager of the Radcliffe Choral Society to replace Laurie Gorfinkle '56. The group also chose Marcia Heintzleman '58 of Cabot Hall as assistant manager...
...chose Hubert H. Schaumburg '56 Vice President, and Morris M. Goldings '57, Political Action Chairman. Stephen R. Kaplan '57 of Dunster House is the new Secretary and Eldon D. Momsey '57 of Lowell House the Treasurer...