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Broadway's mascot is the golden calf. Few families in history ever fatted up the golden calf to such imposing dimensions as The Rothschilds. In this musical, Broadway is really worshiping its fondest dreams...
...Germany has felt confined by its frontiers, it has looked eastward to exercise its talents. Since the 18th century, backward Russia has repeatedly attempted to use Germany as the instrument for catching up with the rest of Europe. In the process, Germany and Russia have alternated between phases of fondest love and deepest hate. Observes the emigre Russian historian Victor Frank: "No other Europeans have been so hated by the Russians and none so loved...
Anticipating trouble, the government mobilized more than 10,000 police in Paris alone. When the protests began, they measured up to neither the Maoists' fondest dreams nor the government's worst nightmares. But they were bad enough to litter the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain areas of Paris with bricks, glass, smoldering autos and wrecked shops. At the same time, the unrest spread to Marseille, where leftist students, demonstrating at a factory, battled police. In Rouen, four girl students were injured when an explosion shook one of the university dormitories...
...fondest dreams of General Francisco Franco is to reclaim Gibraltar for Spain, and in pursuit of that aim he has gone to considerable lengths in recent years. In order to convince Britain that it ought to abandon its claim to the Rock, Spain has choked off vehicular border traffic, forbidden overflights of Spanish territory by British military aircraft, and even secured a United Nations General Assembly judgment condemning Gibraltar's "colonial situation." Last week, in reaction to the proclamation of a new constitution for the self-governing colony, Spain struck the harshest blow yet: it closed the border completely...
...dancer who remains its director and sole choreographer, the Folklorico fills the stage and the eye with the splendor of a national heritage that is a blend of Indian and Spanish elements. The company's lavish costumes, liberally splashed with gold and feathered beyond a peacock's fondest hopes, would stun the senses even if they were worn by mannequins. The 90 traveling members of the troupe-dancers, singers and instrumentalists-are considerably more than that...