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...York Timesman Harrison Salisbury weighed in with voluminous notes about life inside the Kremlin. Samples: "Lighters: not usually used . . . They use safety matches . . . They are very fond of potted palms." Director Delbert ("Marty") Mann put together a briefcase full of filing cards, constantly studied their cryptic information: "Stalin, 73, 5 ft. 4 in., weight 150-190. Doodles wolves, girls, castles and word Lenin...
...blow-out--the ninety-nine cent steak at the Waldorf and a bottle of Vat 69. (Sometimes they buy a can of soy beans instead of steak; more protein for less money.) As the evening dwindles away, they sing camp songs and conjure spirits and chart their astrology from cryptic directions on a weight machine. Look closely, and you will see they have holes in their socks and need a man's deodrant, and the only thing which sustains them is a vision...
...blow-out--the ninety-nine cent steak at the Waldorf and a bottle of Vat 69. (Sometimes they buy a can of soy beans instead of steak; more protein for less money.) As the evening dwindles away, they sing camp songs and conjure spirts and chart their astrology from cryptic directions on a weight machine. Look closely, and you will see they have holes in their socks and need a man's deodorant, and the only think which sustains them is a vision...
...Politician of Catastrophe. In a tense situation, suddenly close to civil war, these proud, cryptic words stirred hopes, fears and questions throughout France. The government-run national radio network broke into a musical program to flash the message. A special edition of France Soir, the nation's largest evening paper, disappeared from the newsstands like birdseed scattered before a flock of starlings. In near panic, Speaker Andre Le Troquer of the National Assembly called upon all Deputies who were out of town to return to Paris at once...
...alternative to this approach is not necessarily the "raised eyebrows, cryptic comment, and other signs of understanding too occult for syntax" school of criticism. But the Department can, without lowering its commendable standards, re-examine the undergraduate theory courses in which concentrators complain that there are too many detailed exercises intended as a discipline for composers. And although popularity is not always a proper criterion of a good course, consistent unpopularity often indicates a basic defect; when this popularity comes from those most interested in a subject as music majors are, it should be noted and acted upon. Now that...