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...popular at the turn of the century, was enormous. She was the first of the great singing actresses, a complete performer capable of re-creating opera heroines in her own poignant, personal image. She used her voice as a painter uses a brush, coloring each role with its own distinct intonation. Her Thaïs was brazen and worldly, her Melisande pale and groping, her Louise earthy and free-loving...
Schelling believes that "a good many economic and business principles that operate in the 'upper-world' must, with suitable modification for change in environment, operate in the underworld as well." Indeed, there is a distinct "typology of underworld business." One major group is black markets, which sell "commodities and services contrary to law," such as dope, abortions and-through scalpers-New York theater tickets. A second is racketeering, which includes extortion and other businesses "based on intimidation...
...draft is now splitting a generation--dividing the young men coming of age in this decade into two distinct groups of experience. Although the separation is initially physical and geographical, between those who serve and those who do not, the most lasting gulf will be psychological...
Nkrumah's years of misrule now fully exposed by Ghana's well-entrenched new military government, many Guinean officials consider his presence a distinct liability. As a result, he has been elbowed out of the political limelight; he is now kept under virtual house arrest in his high-walled villa. Nearly a dozen of his bodyguards have deserted and crossed the border to Sierra Leone to start a new life. His Egyptian wife Fathia, whom he shelved years ago for more comely playmates, has taken refuge in Cairo, refuses to rejoin him or even to allow his three...
Marion anticipates one problem tomorrow -- close bouts. Statistics show Harvard has lost 80 per cent of its 5-4 bouts in the past two seasons. Winning close bouts comes with experience, and with many former New York public school champions, Columbia has a distinct edge in experience. "They always are able to bear down in the clutch," Marion said...