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Until last week the press pack had nonetheless maintained a wry esprit de corps. Some correspondents sported T shirts that said in Spanish DON'T SHOOT. Others groused that the capital's supply of Beaujolais had been drunk up by the legions of new arrivals. The newcomers complained that all the cars had been rented. Newspaper writers watched with envy and amusement as the U.S. TV networks started a bidding war for the services of an able woman interpreter...
...structure. (And why not? Gershwin's concerto was one of the models for Ravel's Concerto in G, on which the ballet In G Major is set.) But if the Gershwin concerto is not a pro found work, it is still joyous jazz-age jeu d 'esprit that transcends its source - bringing honor to both George Gershwin and Jerome Robbins...
...fall (when sophomore Roosevelt began his climb up the Crimson heirarchy with his election as secretary), the Crimson decided to move its office to the brand new Union. There were only two worries, FDR recalled later. "There was much fear expressed that the new quartrers would take away the esprit de corps which had grown up in the old Sanctum, and also that no punch-nights could be held in the Union. Both fears proved groundless...
...quizzed air-safety experts, they found little cause for public fear. Indeed, there was evidence that the FAA's plan to reduce and smooth out the flow of air traffic was making flying in some ways even safer. The working controllers were going about their jobs with an esprit de corps that had been sadly lacking when the more militant unionists, spoiling for a strike, were among them. Declared Frank Arcidiacono, a former controller now a supervisor at the Los Angeles radar center, as he noted the pickets outside his building: "It's a manager's dream...
I.R.A. leaders at first feared the idea of hunger strikes, believing the men would be unable to persist and would thus endanger the esprit of the movement. The longstanding question-Would starvation bring results?-was raised again early this year by prison leaders and debated for hours up and down the blocks. Some of the inmates spoke into the darkness and predicted glumly that the British would never yield. Such comments were usually met with silence. The men were asked to consider the proposal for one week and then volunteer if they felt ready...