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Cooke's Tenth may not be Mahler's, but in time it could conceivably become the accepted version. When the copyright on the manuscript runs out, and after that, notes one Mahler enthusiast, anyone could do anything with the Tenth-"even turn it into a musical comedy. God forbid...
Sorcerer's Apprentice. Enthusiast Menotti agreed, and Carandente went to work. Britain's Henry Moore promised to lend his totemlike Glenkiln Cross and a bronze Reclining Figure. Top Italian sculptors like Manzu and Marini were easily persuaded to lend important pieces...
...passengers have complaints about railroads, and few have the opportunity to do anything about it. One passenger who is an avid railroad enthusiast recently traveled from Chicago to Washington on the B. & O.'s crack Capitol Limited. "The train traveled so fast through the Alleghenies that I found it difficult to sleep or shave, much less keep my coffee in its cup," complained Jervis Langdon Jr. Since he happens to be president of the B. & O., he forthwith ordered engineers to slow down. Trains, he argued, should go back to the old values of comfort and contemplation that they...
This period of soul-searching may be difficult, but it is essential to the experience. As one parachuting enthusiast from the Harvard community points out. "The adventure is especially unique because it is 'internalized...
Another sign of the time: a British suffragette, one Mrs. Pankhurst, was barred from the use of a Harvard building for a speech. Some undergraduates protested, and Mrs. Pankhurst, hailed by one (male) enthusiast as the most proficient orator of the day, ended by speaking in Brattle Hall, now the Brattle Theatre...