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Furious at the acquittal, Castro exploded that "it has been a grave error of the revolutionary tribunal to absolve those criminal pilots." He had Chief Defense Counsel Aristides Dacosta hauled in by rebel troops and flown to military headquarters in Havana for a talking-to. He sent his bearded Defense Minister, Augusto Martinez, to Santiago to organize a "review" court. The new verdict: 30 years at hard labor for the pilots, lesser terms for non-pilots. Two were acquitted...
Turning a sophisticated comic strip of a novel into an even broader but somewhat less vulgar play, the adapters-with wonderful help from Designer Oliver Smith-have hit on a kind of scene-a-minute technique. Their slapdash method, though highly uncreative, is not entirely illadvised. Thanks to Morton DaCosta's lively staging, it makes speed a kind of substitute for wit, and puts pedestrian writing on horseback. Its quick-changes also consort well with Auntie Mame's scatterbrained nature, besides providing a fine succession of new costumes, new hairdos, new wall treatments, new gaffes, new predicaments...
...President. When all were ready, onetime Premier of Portugal Agusto DaCosta assumed the presidential chair and spoke perfunctorily: With the entrance of Germany assured, the U. S. was missed more keenly than ever by the League; a new League era was dawning. . .a turning point. . .highest hopes and dreams...
...department of physics, will lay the corner stone, and Dean Amringe will deliver the address. Then the corner stone of Schermerhorn Hall will be laid by W. C. Schermerhorn, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix will officiate at the dedication and Professor Henry O. DaCosta will deliver the address...