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Shortly before he died, Munch told his doctor that his path had "always been along an abyss." Perhaps his lifelong habit of hard, passionate labor was what saved him from going over the edge. He bequeathed no less than 1,008 oils to the city of Oslo, along with wagonloads of drawings, watercolors and engravings. It was a rich and illuminating legacy...
...conferences. One was that, with as many as 250 reporters jammed into his office, it was sometimes hard for him to tell whether a New York Times or Daily Worker man was asking a question, and the President thought he ought to know. Another annoyance was the reporters' habit, in unlimbering their fountain pens, of splattering ink on the President's prized, deep-piled green rug. Several months ago, someone emptied a whole penful of ink smack on the rug's presidential seal...
...Habit. A modest man, Menotti would be the last to claim preeminence as an operatic composer at work in a world which includes Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky. But even his relations in Italy might yet have to admit that he is the most successful at work...
...serious as anything else, however, was the Italian national habit of dismissing all economic problems with a reference to Italy's population problem. Said Zellerbach, "Large population can be a challenge as well as a problem." If Italy's 1,800,000 unemployed and 2,000,000 underemployed could get work at normal wages, the nation's home market would be increased by at least...
Early interest in radio gave the club a great start. It grew both in members and fame until hams the world over make a habit of "copying" it regularly. In the fall of 1925, the club established contact with members of the Geographical Institute who were engaged in a trail-breaking exploration of the Amazson wilds. For week, they relayed messages through W1AF, keeping touch with friends and reporting on their progress...