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Behind him, the surf broke with the flawless rhythm of a metronome, a whispering complement to the cellist's own compelling beat. "Now we are hearing two eternal sounds." marveled Violinist Isaac Stern, "the ocean surf and great music." A rapt audience enthusiastically agreed. Caesarea's centuries-old silence had been broken by beauty...
Died. Mei Lan-fang, 67, China's "Great King of Actors," whose willowy grace and flawless falsetto made him the foremost female impersonator in the all-male Chinese classical drama, won him worldwide applause-his 1930 U.S. tour brought him honorary degrees from two U.S. colleges-and earned him as much as $4,000 per half-hour; of a heart attack; in Peking. He defiantly grew a mustache to avoid entertaining China's Japanese conquerors during World War II, but traveled the world for the Communists, was visited during his fatal illness by another onetime tan (male actress...
...lean years after World War II went almost entirely to the U.S. market. Their demand, on top of the slowdown in the flow of new diamonds coming from the Congo and South African mines because of racial and political upheavals, has driven up prices, e.g.. a flawless, two-carat blue diamond that retailed for about $3,500 on West 47th Street only two½ years ago, can now easily command $4,000. Furthermore, the great De Beers "Syndicate," which sells 95% of the world's total rough diamond production, still rations stones to dealers on West 47th Street...
Between Erikson's adolescent and the Commonwealth's responsible man stands Harvard University in all its flawless glory. She has stood for three hundred and twenty-five years and shows no sign of weakness. Time has given her a certain grace and even gentleness; she is too self assured not to be humble. But the adolescent freshman learns very quickly that if he wants to play her game, he must play by her rules...
Many students feel that the big, polished Loeb auditorium intimidates amateur actors and directors. The professional setting, they claim, makes audiences think they are going to see a flawless production, and inclines them to be less than charitable toward lapses that might be excused or overlooked in, say, a House dining hall...