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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...partner in this selection, Alicia Markova, is a lyrical performer. Although she chose a less exacting and less exciting variation, The Sugar Plum Fairy, her technique was flawless. To Les Sylphides, she brought more spirit and charm; Michel Fokine's choreography includes a series of tours en l'air which Markova handled beautifully. At one point, however, she tangled with Paula Lloyd who is a more angular, energetic dancer, and who is not particularly well suited to this genre of ballet...
...morning he broke into his round of golf to greet New York's Governor Tom Dewey, who flew down en route to a Miami vacation for a conference "on Korea and other policy problems" (see below). Next day the principal guest was W. Walter Williams, the Seattle mortgage banker who ran the Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon during the campaign. One topic of discussion: How can the G.O.P. hang on to the interest and enthusiasm of the 2,000,000 members of the Citizens group, many of them independents or nominal Democrats...
...Flying Boxcar," en route from Japan to Korea, had 44 men aboard: an Air Force crew of seven and 37 U.S. troops returning from "R & R" (rest & recreation) leave in Japan. Many of the soldiers had bought Christmas presents for their families and sweethearts...
Perhaps the most colossal riot took place in 1919. An army of veterans, marching past Yale en route to Hartford, drew Bronx cheers from Yalies who were watching from their windows on Old Campus. Soon, thousands of students poured out of their dormitories and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the veterans, nearly demolishing Old Campus. Hours afterwards, strife-riddled ranks of veterans and Yalies went their respective ways, having added another bloody page to the gory history of New Haven's Town-Gown relations...
Wine cookery is the co-op's answer to the problem of cooking its own meals. Liquor in Radcliffe dormitories is outlawed, but wine has saved almost every unsuccessful Peach House dish. A Hallowe'en party, lasting to an untraditional 2 a.m. this fall, showed off some unusual cookery that included wine-sauced spaghetti. Guests keep coming, though, two or three for every meal...