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...ancient Roman times most labor-saving machines were human slaves, whose feelings about monotonous labor did not count. One of the few exceptions was a device that Pliny the Elder (23-79 A.D.) said was used to harvest grain on the great estates of Roman Gaul. It had, he said, a large frame fitted with teeth and carried on two wheels. When pushed through ripe wheat by a pair of oxen, the toothed frame tore the heads from the stalks and collected them...
Mink in Hi-Fi (Monique Van Vooren; RCA Victor). Belgian-born Show Girl Van Vooren's voice has the tinny resonance of a sound heard through a drainpipe, and her accent in English is an astonishing blend of Gaul and Georgia Cracker: "Laak a queen in the royal foah postah . . . Ah can face zat lovely place called bed." The combination is disastrous in the slow, sexy register, but in such shouting numbers as Le Rififi and My Man Is Good, V.V. carries the show on muscle alone...
Pigeons have been carrying messages ever since a water-locked Noah sent a dove out to bring tidings of land. Caesar, campaigning in Gaul, used pigeons to carry news of his exploits to Rome. In World War I a homing pigeon named Cher Ami, on duty with the famed Lost Battalion, braved gunfire from both the enemy and the Allies, flew 25 miles in 30 minutes with an urgent message for Allied gunners, arrived at his destination wounded in a leg and a wing, saved the battalion. In World War II a pigeon called G.I. Joe flew countless missions...
Giant Guitar. Bellini's Norma, which Callas had chosen for her New York de but, is a second-rate work. It is a rare operatic phenomenon in that the libretto is not much sillier than the score. The story takes place during the Roman occupation of Gaul. Norma is a Druid high priestess, who, though pledged to virginity in the service of the moon goddess, has borne two children of the Roman proconsul. When he casts her off for another Druid priestess, Norma arouses the local underground against him. But in the end she repents, publicly confesses her sins...
...energetic Met production, robust Tenor Mario del Monaco as Norma's lover sang loud enough to be heard from Gaul to Rome, and Mezzo-Soprano Fedora Barbieri, as Norma's rival, was adequate though often wobbly. Since she looks much the way Callas did before her celebrated slimming down, it was hard to see why the Roman governor would prefer her to Norma. But none of this mattered much with Callas on stage. As an actress, unlike most of her competitors, Callas radiates credibility even in the silliest situations. Her performance is not a mere recital with costumes...