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Chains of Songs. As a result of this downpour, many a casual music-listener v.ill probably come to share Gershwin's own opinion that he was America's greatest musical genius. Even the critics agree that Gershwin was unexcelled as a songwriter. His ambitious orchestral scores-Concerto in F, An American in Paris-are chains of songs; his inspiration usually started and stopped with fragmentary eight-and twelve-bar themes. Porgy and Bess, perhaps America's best attempt at opera, is a series of compelling songs...
...venture to predict that the 1940s will mark a turning point in the history of American collegiate education. There is hardly a college or university in the whole land which has not been at work reexamining its educational policy during the past three years. There has been a veritable downpour of reports and books dealing with various phased of education. Harvard's contribution to this nation-wide discussion takes the from of a book entitled, "General Education in a Free Society," which will be published by the University Press on August...
Homecoming. The line of motorcycles and automobiles swept in through the White House gates at 9:30 in a steady downpour. The crowds, sodden and silent after their moment of excitement, jostled slowly toward trolley-loading platforms, the masses of Government workers going back to their offices. Inside the Executive Mansion the President shed his dripping coat and hat and immediately went to his office for a press conference. The President's good humor had a steady, coal-grate glow this morning. The conference began with a burst of laughter. Franklin Roosevelt had just informed...
Curtain Up. The hurricane sawed its way up the eastern shore of Maryland, the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey with ponderous leisure, its center still offshore. Mile by mile, rain fell, the skies darkened; the wind stirred, then blew, then howled, and the downpour multiplied. Mile by mile along the coasts the great pressure of air pushed the tide into towns, sent great seas tumbling and smashing upon the land. Then the lights went out and telephone lines went down; the chattering radios were stilled, and the candles were lit. At Atlantic City the wind ripped up the famed...
...city voters, his strongest competition was able Lynn U. Stambaugh, international-minded Fargo lawyer and onetime National Commander of the American Legion. But most of North Dakota's decisive rural vote was slated to go to Congressman Usher L. Burdick, 65, an isolationist who had learned better. The downpour which kept farmers from the polls was rain from heaven to Gerald Nye, who gathered in 38,082 votes. Stambaugh, contrary to most North Dakota dopesters, made a surprisingly strong race; he got 37,129 votes. Burdick, stuck in the deep sludge, got 34,997. Unless North Dakota...