Word: frieda
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Died. Frieda Emma Johanna Maria von Richthofen Weekley Lawrence Ravagli, 77, earthy, aristocratic mistress (1912-14), wife (1914 until his death in 1930) and muse of British Novelist D.H. (Lady Chatterley's Lover) Lawrence, presumed model for the wife of Mark Rampion, Aldous Huxley's fictional portrait of Lawrence in Point Counter Point, and wife (since 1950) of Angelino Ravagli, Italian painter and ceramist; of a stroke; in Taos...
...Died. Frieda Hempel, 70, German-born Metropolitan Opera and concert soprano; of cancer; in Berlin. Famed for her repertory of about 70 roles, her command of lieder and her virtuosity (G-sharp above high C), Mme. Hempel was offered her choice of any of the three female leads in Der Rosenkavalier by Composer Richard Strauss, created the role of the Marschallin in the 1911 premiére in Berlin...
...Richard A. Mack, 45, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission, succeeding hardbitten, brass-voiced Frieda Hennock, 50. Lawyer Hennock, a breezy, New Dealing Democrat (but no darling of the party's congressional rank and file), was the first woman to serve on the FCC, was often a center of controversy in her seven years in office. Floridian Mack, a Democrat of calmer persuasion, is former chairman of the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, a current vice president of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, and an experienced practitioner before...
Locally the Club gained prestige performing in concerts with the Boston Symphony and soloists Fritz Kreisler and Frieda Hempel. Meanwhile the Boston critics began to applaud Davison's new reformation in musical education. In 1926 Davison published "Music Education In America" which substantiated the fact that his achievements were not just "unusual stunts...
...most part, the showing was a success. FCC was "impressed." Said Chairman Rosel H. Hyde: "It is not unreasonable to expect that the commission will approve compatible color TV standards by Christmas." Commented FCC Commissioner Frieda Hennock: "Color doesn't make you look as fat as black and white...