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Clearly, in post-war Germany, survival emerges the prime consideration. Bill provides Maria an ample quantity of chocolate, silk stockings, and affection; he beseeches her to marry him. Maria playfully hedges; she is ever in control of the situation. "I am fond of you, Bill, but I love my husband," she declares solemnly, insisting upon the appellation of "Mrs. Braun...
While newness is the buzzword for Crimson hockey, at least one tradition will stay put--the ECAC voted provisionally this week not to requre face-masks along with the already-mandatory helmets. Crimson skaters had not been fond of the masks. "The general feeling towards the masks is hatred," one player commented...
...university's credentials meet Harvard standards. Bowersock does not believe his desk would be "piled with requests for obscure universities in Paraguay." Statistics bear this out; almost everyone still wants to spend a year at Oxford or the Sorbonne. In either case, "quality control," as the Council members are fond of calling it, is not at stake...
...attributes commonly associated with diplomacy. Repetitious people bored him and the commonplace offended him; unfortunately for Rabin, both these qualities are not exactly in short supply in Washington. He hated ambiguity, which is the stuff of diplomacy. I grew extremely fond of him, though he did little to encourage affection...
...shot stop from the stalag for Klemperer. The son of famed Conductor Otto Klemperer, he has also narrated Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder with the Boston Symphony Orchestra; next spring he will do the narration of Beethoven's Egmont with the New York Philharmonic. Klemperer remains fond of Klink. Those residuals still trickle in, after all, and then there is the renown. "Everyone at the Met is a Hogan's Heroes fan," he insists. "When I arrive for rehearsal, they say, 'Good morning, Colonel...