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What did they play? Mostly what they always have. The overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger was done 127 times, making it the most played single item-possibly because it is in C major, the easiest key to play in. Brahms' First Symphony ranks second (114 performances). Beethoven's Fifth, whose dit-dit-dit-dah victory opening can be whistled by more nonmusical people than any other classical theme, is way down to 39th place on the list, as against tenth last year. Mozart is the most popular composer (1,627 performances overall), with Beethoven and Brahms...
Open Concubinage. Where secular divorce is permitted, the easiest solution for many disgruntled Catholics is simply civil divorce. But in Italy, Spain and ten other Catholic countries, church influence on the state has made annulment the only way out of a marriage, and hardship stories are commonplace. For some, despite the fact that the church will often waive actual trial costs, the process remains too expensive because they must still pay for such important incidentals as medical examinations. One hapless Italian has been legally married to a hermaphrodite since 1936 because he cannot pay the fees -roughly...
...book to examining the "new puritanism," which escapes the commitments of love by concentrating on the act. In the present obsession with physical sex, he sees a desperate campaign to beat the clock: "Death is the symbol of ultimate impotence and finiteness," he writes. "Sex is the easiest way to prove our vitality, to demonstrate we are still 'young.' attractive, and virile, to prove we are not dead...
...should buy this book-from a Panther, if possible. It may be the easiest thing they ever ask you to do. And buy it soon. There may not be much time left...
...known varieties of bats the vampire, for example, turns out to be one of the easiest to domesticate. Weighing but an ounce, it requires only a tablespoon of blood a day. It will sip this ration either cold from a dish or warm from a small, painless bite it makes in a convenient extremity of its sleeping provider. Contrary to Draculan film fantasies, the vampire does not fly but tiptoes to its midnight snack in a semierect position. Judging from Miss Leen's photos of the procedure, the creature bears far more resemblance to Lon Chancy hamming...