Word: former
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seventy other men have been nominated for the team, which will include 25 former football greats who have distinguished themselves in their careers since graduation...
Some of his musical maturity Lorin gets from growing up with the sound of a violin in his ear: his father is a violinist, a former assistant concertmaster for Toscanini with the NBC Symphony. Lorin got his first violin when he was three ("I smashed it"), went on to the piano when he was five, and in his first day at the keyboard went through an entire book of beginner's exercises. By the time he was ten, Lorin was playing recitals, and he has been hard at it ever since. He scored his second big recital triumph last...
...perfectionist," says a former employee. "He applies this rule to people as well as products and advertising." Revson pays attention to the smallest details, often spends weeks working out the right name or the exact shade for a new lipstick or nail enamel, personally selects models and approves their clothing. He even had his employees' telephones tapped to make sure they were doing their jobs right...
...doing a "rawther unusual" ballet with three elderly snow sweepers, which cries out for Choreographer Jerome Robbins. The book's most remarkable character is Eloise's guide, Zhenka, who has a magnificently declarative style: "Is possible to see here Sovietskaya Square, pleasure garden with statues, in former days was empty...
...humor is becoming strained, but whenever the text sags, the illustrations more than make up for it; Artist Knight has provided the most arresting views of Moscow since Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev (was great turn-of-century painter). All in all, is possible here to have fun with Eloise, in former days little girl, now diplomat...