Word: excerpted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nothing but love in view"; Marlene's version points out darkly that "the end has to come sooner or later." Taking a Chance on Love, once a devil-may-care ditty, pictures a cross standing "in the evening gold," marking the end of life and love. Translated excerpt (a German soldier speaking...
...score available in the U.S. Nabokov cabled Artur Rodzinski, who had conducted the performances at the Met. Rodzinski replied that he had surrendered his copy long ago, after repeated requests from the Soviet embassy. Finally, Nabokov found a copy in Vienna. Now Paris will get to hear a concert excerpt played by the Berlin RIAS (American zone radio) orchestra under the baton of Hungarian Exile Ferenc Fricsay...
...that Try is spinning its way to momentary fame, Freberg is already at work on another situation that he believes needs some taking-off. Excerpt from his newest, Abe Snake for President...
...Excerpt: "We give Thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased Thee to deliver this, our sovereign king, George VI, out of the miseries of this sinful world, beseeching Thee that it may please Thee of Thy gracious goodness shortly to accomplish the number of Thine elect, and to hasten Thy kingdom...
James Chace contributes the most polished work--another excerpt from his novel, "The Age of Michael." He spreads before the reader the thoughts of a perceptive, sensitive young boy, contrasting his shock and loneliness at the death of a beloved aunt with his uneasiness during the empty social proprieties of her funeral and his sense of disgust at the bickering over her will. Chace's beautifully proportioned prose flows smoothly, at times almost rhythmically. He seems most at home describing nature. In the scene where young Michael sneaks out the door of the cemetery chapel, the lingering description...