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...Gardner at his Chevy Chase, Md., home, and he usually jots down his day's agenda on a lined yellow pad during the 35-minute drive to his office. On Gardner's desk is a copy of an aphorism written in German by an unknown author: "Das Beste is gut genug"-the best is good enough. Behind the desk is a framed photo of the President with the inscription, "Now, John, I mean it. We must cut down on spending...
...DAS GROSSE HAMBURGER HAFENKONZERT (Polydor). Three LPs of harbor concerts from the port of Hamburg complete with gulls, ships' horns, and a seaworthy selection of North German songs...
MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 4 (Columbia). This glorious work contains Mahler's song "Das himmlische Leben," and George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra recreate the Teutonic paradise. Judith Raskin, who sings the three soprano solos, sounds warm and free, yet her precise technique never allows a hint of bombast. "St. Cecilia with all her relatives are the excellent court musicians," goes the final refrain of the song, and the Cleveland and Miss Raskin could not be better described...
...planning took about six weeks, and what started as a small group of 10 men turned into a nebulous affair involving suddenly revived organizations dedicated to desenvolviment das ruas (street development), an unlimited supply of idea men, well-wishers, and skeptics, and the prompt attention of an incumbent councilman running for re-election who arrived with trucks and work crews and began spreading sand with a flourish...
...slice of bread. In Hamburg, if you ask for a hamburger, the man behind the counter will say, "Ich bin ein Hamburger! Everyone who lives here is a Hamburger!" And when you are in a German beer hall, don't bellow out that favorite of American rathskellers-"Ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank? Ja, das ist ein Schnitzelbank"-everyone will think you're crazy, except, of course, the American tourists at the next table, who will join...