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...small squib about the tribulations of a Rudolph Bing of the 18th century. Commissioned by Emperor Josef II for a party, Mozart received a generous 50 ducats (about $300) for the work. In an effort to make it a "20th century transplantation," the libretto was reworked in English by Dory Previn, Conductor Andre's wife. Her adaptation makes it a gossipy backstage operetta of fights, love affairs and campy humor. The music that interrupts the cutesy dialogue is standard Mozart, but a carefully selected cast helps to make the one-disk album worth at least one hearing by those...
...Guest, 60, retiring this month after three years as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. Last September, Guest bet $2,400 at odds of 100 to 1 with London Bookie William Hill that his then unproven two-year-old colt, Sir Ivor, would win or place in this year's English Derby. Sir Ivor then won three consecutive starts, and last week-by now an odds-on favorite -he ran away from a field of twelve other horses to win the English Derby by 1 ½ lengths. So in 2 min. 38.73 sec., Guest won $282,961-a purse...
...more restrained than the Class of '69, '70 or '71 is likely to be. At many campuses, the instigators of the most violent demonstrations were sophomores or juniors. The seniors still see more in U.S. life worth saving, and have a far greater willingness to accept its traditions. English Major Thomas McKenna of Notre Dame rather pretentiously defines the Class of '68 as "the in-between class. We are the last of the old radicals, those who are willing to revolt in the systematic American way. We could be the salvation of everyone if we can just bridge...
Died. Altaf Husain, 68, editor from 1945 to 1965 of Dawn, Pakistan's biggest English-language daily; of a heart attack; in Karachi. A longtime friend of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, Husain was a neutralist in foreign affairs, in recent years had much to do with Pakistan's shift from the West towards stronger ties with Communist China and the Soviet Union...
Designed to "help students write correct and effective English by presenting the fundamentals of orderly discourse and rhetoric," Harvard's only required course, Expository Writing 10hf is an unsolicited and painful addendum to most Freshmen schedules. Papers are usually submitted after hectic all-nighters (first semester) or two weeks late (second semester), a few books are discussed, but there's little reason to believe that the average freshman emerges with new confidence in his ability to organize a coherent exam essay...