Word: fans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pierrot Lunaire. "Only two people in the hall were impressed by the music," he recalls. "One was a very unimportant young man. Me. The other was Giacomo Puccini." Dallapiccola, who for a time composed in a largely traditional, tonal style (he has always been an ardent Wagner fan), gradually started learning twelve-tone technique, teaching himself by studying Schoenberg's scores. "But in those days nobody appreciated my music," and he and his wife were sometimes reduced to a diet of water and one roll...
...Jack and Jackie Kennedy. Smith was Ambassador to Cuba from 1957 to 1959. An ardent supporter of ex-Strongman Fulgencio Batista, Smith early recognized Fidel Castro as a pro-Communist fanatic but underestimated the strength and public support of Castro's rebel band-an oversight that helped fan the smoldering embers of Cuba's anti-Americanism. Smith left Yale after two years, married Consuelo Vanderbilt in 1926. Twice divorced (second wife was Mimi Elaine Richardson), Smith is now married to Florence Pritchett, television personality and sometime clothes designer...
...diffident except with longtime friends, quietly shrugs off praise of his achievements. Explains his mother: "Deep within, Oscar likes the publicity, but he doesn't want to lose his head and hurt himself." But Robertson is also capable of public flashes of wry humor. When a confused fan once asked what team he played for, Robertson deadpanned: "The Chicago Black Hawks, of course...
...there are compensations. If the authorities do not maintain Quincy House standards of physical luxury, they do at least supply every three or four undergraduates with a 'Scout', a manservant who polishes shoes, brings shaving water by urn and does other odd jobs about the place. Then, again, the fan-vaulted basement, recently become a thriving barroom, serves as evidence that asceticism and the Good Life can be practised simultaneously. Do the authorities worry about liquor being served on the premises? Not a bit of it. For generations a variety of nearby 'pubs' have formed the social equivalent of Cronins...
...Optimists. Last week, with increased vigilance against backcourt deviationists and Trotskyite dribblers, Soviet basketballers returned to the task laid down by Soccer Fan Khrushchev at the 21st Party Congress- preparing for the withering away of the state in the world of sport. Best guess was that this goal was being pursued without the advice of ex-Optimists Spandarian and Semashko, who had already taken just about all the withering a man can stand...