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...anguish while writing Brünnhilde's songs. Time and again he asked himself whether any woman alive would be equal to them. Last week's audience again marveled at Kirsten Flagstad's command of the role, the way she used her strong, rich voice to convey Brünnhilde's unutterable happiness with Siegfried, her rage at being betrayed, the grimness with which she sought his death...
...gasoline pump, a ventilator. Last week's audience had no dancers to explain what was happening or to whom it was happening. They heard only music to express life aboard ship, a hot-blooded tango where the mermaids are supposed to interrupt ship routine, two catchy tunes to convey tropic abandon. Critics suspected that H. P. contained more South American hotcha than it did authentic Indian music...
...petition reads as follows: "We, the undersigned, members of the Harvard Law School, wish to convey our disapproval of the recent suggestion for increasing the membership of the Supreme Court of the United States. The precedent created by such action could only operate to partisan ends. We therefore urge the judiciary committee to report the proposed legislation unfavorably to the Senate...
President Roosevelt last week matched Edward VIII in making sexual conduct a matter for unembarrassed adult discussion. In an open letter to a conference on Venereal Disease Control in Washington, the President stated: "Since I cannot attend in person, I am glad to convey to you . . . this expression of my very deep interest in the success of your effort. . . . The Federal Government is deeply interested in . . . reducing the disastrous results of venereal disease." That this was high time to do some plain speaking about sexual conduct was the deliberate conviction of Dr. John Hinchman Stokes, University of Pennsylvania professor...
...railroad account called "unauthorized work." Later it was carried as a "special deposit," a current asset. The funds were indeed deposited in Guaranty Trust Co. but for the benefit of Terminal Shares, not MOP. Last week the railroad's officials tried to explain that they never intended to convey the impression that the $3,200,000 current asset was ready cash. Somewhere on the books the item had to be entered. "Sometimes accounts may disagree," said MOP Vice President Fred P. Johnson, "but I did the best I could...