Word: di
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dancers were in full command. In the Anvil Chorus, the dancers whirled with so much gusto that the crowd could hardly keep from stomping out the rhythm with them. Standout scene: Azucena's duet with Manrico, her foster-son and the instrument of her revenge against the aristocratic Di Luna family. The ballet, like the opera, ended in a flood of blood, with Azucena, Manrico and his sweetheart dying and the wicked Count di Luna going mad. The curtain came down with Azucena triumphant in her revenge-and, by proxy, Ruth Page triumphant in hers. The work got twelve...
...Social Register for Washington included some new names. Among those who made the grade for the first time: Price Boss Mike Di Salle, Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Fechteler, General Walter Bedell Smith...
Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso (Chorus of the Accademia Corale of the Circolo Musicale di Lecco, Guido Camillucci conducting; 2 sides LP). An important milestone along the road toward opera: 14 delightful, five-part, unaccompanied 16th Century madrigals arranged in three acts...
...accentuate the positive in Price Boss Mike Di Salle's public relations and get ready for a heavy political year, OPS pressagents last week gravely sent their deputies a list of "Things to Avoid" in their copy. Chief among them: "Excessive reference to 'controls' and 'price control program.' " These words had taken on objectionable connotations, the memo explained, because "OPS has been criticized for wanting to perpetuate controls...
...happier substitutes, the memo suggested: "Use instead 'stabilization,' 'price program' . . . 'efforts to hold prices down,' 'efforts to hold the line.' " At the same time, Di Salle's publicity men did not want anybody to get the notion that the line could be held because of the recent "lull" in prices. They advised: "Integrate the 'lull' into the continuing fight against inflation." Since Government spending contributes to inflation, OPS copy should avoid "reference to 'defense spending.' Use instead 'defense production' . . . with emphasis on 'production...