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...Told About One Spring, by Edward Cumming, is a first-person narrative which is well-paced and smooth throughout, with character and plot development fully integrated. The subject is a trite one--the love affair of a schoolboy and an older woman--and there are no original embellishments to distinguish this story from myriad other chronicles of the Modern South. But as an exercise in getting a series of messy situations and emotions down on paper with maximum clarity, the story is both skilful and fun to read...
Until last December, there was little about the Zook Building in downtown Denver to distinguish it from any other six-story office structure-except, of course, the uncompromising fact that it was named the Zook Building. But shortly before Christmas, Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. erected a gargantuan advertisement upon its roof: a $15,000, 38-ft. 9-in. model of an Old Forester bottle...
Technically, the dancing was almost always good, but it was seldom exciting. Australian-born Elaine Fifield, sometimes touted as the heiress apparent to the senior ballet's Margot Fonteyn, showed off flawless timing and technique. But at 21 she lacks the fire, brilliance and riveting personality that distinguish a prima ballerina from a principal dancer. Lithuanian-born Co-Star Svetlana Beriosova had elegance and style, but not the breathtaking precision of either Fonteyn or the New York City Ballet's Maria Tallchief. The male dancers were strong, but none yet looked like another Eglevsky (New York City Ballet...
Adler revolted against this universe. He reasserted the old-fashioned belief that ideals like freedom and democracy are not mere regional preferences, but demonstrably good; that man has will and reason with which to distinguish between good & evil. He felt that organized U.S. education, dominated by the pragmatists, was "one of the largest rackets in this country," turning out students "chaotically informed and viciously indoctrinated with the local prejudices of professors and their textbooks." Most U.S. college graduates, says Adler, can neither read, write nor think properly. They are not being taught how to lead a good life...
Soble said last night that he had spoken with Lamont's directors, and that they had refused to change the present system on the grounds that there is no way to distinguish commuters from other students, and that if this concession were made, other groups would expect similar action...