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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fears of an accident and oil spill are exaggerated. Says she: "There's nothing that tugs on the heartstrings like a few mallards with oil on their wings." Ray points out that some 13 million migratory birds are shot by hunters every year and notes that the number that die from oil spills is minute by comparison. Furthermore, the Governor claims that oil dumped into cold waters, like those of the sound, would cause almost no lasting damage...
...years, the die-offs in this veritable Auschwitz of earth's largest quadrupeds have been recorded by Peter Beard, an energetic and tough-minded American photographer who spends part of each year on his property near Nairobi. The results of his work are on view through Jan. 22 at Manhattan's International Center of Photography...
THIS IS A COMEDY, with a happy ending snatched out of the fire at the last moment. Just as the young, pure Otelia is about to die for love of Martim, he returns for the wedding, and they appear to live happily ever after. It may well be that such completely happy endings, unmarred by worldly considerations, are possible only in mythical worlds...
...Dreams Die First, Robbins...
...DIED. Paul Schoeffler, 70, German opera bass-baritone famous for his interpretation of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger; after a long illness; in Amersham, England. Schoeffler sang in Vienna during and after World War II and regularly made the operatic grand tour during the 1950s. At New York's Metropolitan Opera he was popular as Scarpia in Tosca and as Don Giovanni. Despite his success, he complained that "this business of dressing up in a silly costume, putting on a wig and paint on the face and getting killed or poisoned or drunk every night" made for a less...