Word: grand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have it mounted in diamonds. Soprano Tebaldi, if she followed form, would place it on her dressing table amid her collection of toy animals. On the surface, at least, Renata Tebaldi is that rarest of phenomena in the posturing, wigged-and-powdered world of grand opera-a soprano without apparent temper, temperament or obtrusive...
Champagne & Coke. Tebaldi's eminence in the world of international opera is made the more striking by a shortage of competition. Only Callas, Milanov and Italy's great mezzo, Giulietta Simionato, rank with her in the grand tradition. Below the leaders there is a substantial reservoir of fine veteran singers, all of them capable of turning in consistently competent and often inspired performances. They include Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Antonietta Stella, Eleanor Steber, Sena Jurinac, Lisa Delia Casa, Irmgard Seefried, Leonie Rysanek, Risë Stevens. Backing them up is a promising and fast-rising crop...
...that only the best reached the finish line. Fortnight ago three top jurists (British Critic Sir Herbert Read, former Director General of French Museums Georges Salles and British Painter Morris Kestelman) were flown to Manhattan, repaired to a storage warehouse to inspect the final 114 oils and pick the grand-prize winner. "It was very quiet," chuckled Georges Salles. "We sat in three chairs like the three judges of Hell...
...Abraham, Louis '59 T 19 6.3 216 Hackensack, N.J. 77 Hordubay, Joseph '59 T 20 6.1 199 Windber, Pa. 78 Stubblebine, Edward '60 T 21 6.4 237 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 79 Yanus, Irwin '60 T 20 5.10 186 Shelton, Conn. 80 Greenawalt, Jon '59 E 20 6.2 193 Grand Rapids, Mich. 81 Berlinger, Barney, Jr. '60 E 20 6.2 199 Wyncote, Pa. 82 Seksinsky, John '60 E 20 5.11 196 Milton, Pa. 83 Kesack, Bill '60 E 19 5.11 195 Allentown, Pa. 84 Munger, Greville '60 E 20 6.1 187 Ithan, Pa. 86 Kintner...
...Republicans, facing an uphill battle, are most disturbed by this apathy. Besides the general Democratic trend which seems to be prevalent throughout the country, the Massachusetts branch of the Grand Old Party has a number of peculiar problems in its struggle to recapture the State House...