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...poets as texts for tenor, contralto and orchestra, and wrote his farewell in Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), his most personal and by all odds his best work. Scored in a rich, late-romantic idiom, its bursts of sweetness are coated with vinegar, its drawn-out lines of resignation elevated by a faith in the enduring human spirit...
...future. China will remain an essentially backward country which will be incapable of competing even with the influence of Japan in Asia. On the other hand, we see no sign of a peaceful solution at present. The general impression of the Japanese is that this will be a long drawn...
Leone scrutinizes with the same drawn-out fascination the territory where his hero moves. The florry sand, the green-feathery plains, the mountain rocks that look like rubble--each expanse whispers desolation. So does the town. Leone focuses on the white walls till the whole place seems bleached of life. The movie exults in barrenness. There are no comings and goings of common folk. The spot is without schools, churches, or community councils...
...Manhattan, another drawn-out haggle reached an impasse last week. Without a contract since late July, 23,000 Communications Workers of America equipment installers have been reporting for work on a day-to-day basis at facilities of Western Electric Co., A.T. & T.'s manufacturing subsidiary. C.W.A. President Joseph A. Beirne, who has vowed to make the Western Electric settlement standard throughout the Bell System, last week rejected a company offer of a 3.4% wage increase. Beirne has. authority to call a strike at any time...
Young Alan Howard is appealing as Falstaff's page, especially when he vainly tries to conceal his master behind his tiny slip of a body. Paul Sparer brings a comically expressive face and drawn-out speech ("Jee-ee-su [long pause], dead!") to the senile Justice Shallow, but Patrick Hines overdoes his trembling and doddering companion Justice Silence...