Word: closing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...state did make one possibly significant point. Russo has insisted that Shaw was introduced to him as "Clem Bertrand." A veteran mailman, James Hardiman, swore that he had delivered letters addressed both to Clay Shaw and to Clem Bertrand at the French Quarter home of Jeff Biddison, a close friend of Shaw. Even so, that did not make Shaw a member of a conspiracy...
Since one person's magic is another's malocchio (evil eye), Italy's status-seeking magicians are encountering the problem of union men everywhere. Solidarity is unattainable, because no magician will admit that anyone but himself and a few of his close friends possesses true powers. The Magician of Rome, for instance, considers last week's demonstration organized by his Tobruk rival to be highly unprofessional, though he agrees with its aims: "Too long have we been taken for figures of ridicule. We have waited thousands of years for professional status. We can go on waiting...
...only close his eyes...
...simply like Count Basic or pile chord upon chord like Rubinstein playing Tchaikovsky. At times, her voice has the reedy wobble of a Dixieland clarinet, but it can also whisper, wail, or break in above the instrumental accompaniment like an Indian shehnai. As Ray Charles notes, nobody ever comes close to imitating her, or even trying, "probably because everybody knows she's the only one who can do it." To Jazz Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, Nina is the natural successor to Billie Holiday. "She has an electricity about her way with lyrics that's out of sight," he says...
...National Guard appeared everywhere on the university Thursday and Friday. The Guard occupied every building, and truck loads of Guardsmen followed student crowds to different street intersections around the campus. Wherever students went the Guard followed close behind. No one, however, was ready to start any major battles...