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...order by the batons of great conductors-Sir Thomas Beecham, Bruno Walter, Fritz Reiner. Sir Thomas, who began conducting at Covent Garden in 1910, often whirled on the audience to snap: "Shut up!" Once, in a glow of satisfaction, he turned and said: "Not so bad for England, eh...
...know--any more vodka in the lounge, Joe?--this isn't a bad place. Seems to me like the IDC doesn't have any power over independents any more; it's all centered in the West Quad council. Great dance we had here last week--eh...
...then, as inevitably as the sun rises, Old Friend would say, "Oh. Going to be a teacher, eh?" Vag could never completely understand the jump in reasoning from the data he had given to the conclusion that he was going to be a teacher. He knew it had something to do with practicality, for Old Friend would be studying accounting or medicine or journalism or something similar. But Vag could never understand why it wouldn't be equally logical, practically speaking, that he was studying to become an historian. Yet Old Friend never seemed to ask this question...
...friend greeted. "Say, where are you going to school now?" "Harvard," Vag answered uncomfortably. "What are you studying there?" Friend continued. "I'm a liberal arts student," Vag replied. "I guess you might say I'm sort of a history major." "Oh. Going to be a teacher, eh?" Friend continued. "No," Vag sighed. "Not necessarily. I don't really know what I'm going to be." And with that he walked away...
...knowledge that his age is one of the few effective arguments his opponents have against him. In Celle, citizens looked on delightedly while Adenauer skipped up the steps of city hall, his coattails flying behind him. At another rally he cracked: "They say I'm old, eh? Well, I'll take on any of the opposition and show them how old I am." The audience howled...