Word: edelweiss
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...result is that one embarks upon this gossamer fiction with a head stuffed full of what it does not mean. No, Field notwithstanding, the romantic hero, Martin Edelweiss, is not motivated toward self-eclipse by his parents' early separation. No, there is no connection between Glory's dream world of Zoorland and Pale Fire's Zembla. Though the author admits that Martin might be "a distant cousin with whom I share certain childhood memories," one is enjoined against "flipping through Speak, Memory [Nabokov's autobiography] in quest of duplicate items." Instead, the dutiful reader -always feeling...
...keep things as private as possible, both the wedding and the tea-dance reception in the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza will be closed to the press. At The Plaza, Bill Harrington's orchestra will tootle Edelweiss, The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha, The Blue Danube and, at David's request, some rock 'n' roll in arrangements gentled for guests over...
...sound track is so wholesome and inspirational that it makes even Mary Poppins, its rival bestseller sound racy. The children, the nuns, and of course Julie Andrews sing Richard Rodgers and late Oscar Hammerstein's last joint score like angels as they extol steeple bells cuckoo clocks, solfeggio, edelweiss...
Magnolias and edelweiss make a proud device even in Moscow. And so last week Laurel, Miss., Soprano Leontyne Price, 37, and Salzburg-born Maestro Herbert von Karajan, 59, gathered at the Bolshoi Theater with the La Scala Opera Company to show what they could do with Verdi's Requiem. Quite a lot, as it turned out. The crowd, including Nina Khrushchev, enveloped the visitors in a bear hug, howling "Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!" and mashing its way down the aisles to pelt the stars with carnations in a 26-minute storm of applause that included 16 curtain calls...