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...style primaries in Britain. Instead, the candidates for the House of Commons are selected by central committees of their parties in London. Candidates must be "adopted" by local party associations, but this is usually a mere formality. Unlike U.S. Congressmen, who make much of their being home-town boys, British M.P.s need not live in the constituencies they represent, and usually don't. Last week a Welsh miner was Labor's candidate in an English farming constituency (he was trounced); Sir David Robertson, a London businessman, won a seat in a remote Scots Highland constituency. Even Winston Churchill...
Actually, there were two Ensors-the young man who painted some mild early pieces of impressionism, and the mature craftsman of disagreeableness. The Museum of Modern Art arranged its exhibit so that visitors would see the mild stuff first. But the early Ensors, e.g., pleasant home-town scenes such as Ostend Rooftops and Afternoon at Ostend, quickly gave place to the later ones: the swirling Tribulations of St. Anthony, a skeleton-haunted Banquet of the Starved, a macabre dumb-show entitled Masks Confronting Death. His most famous picture, Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889 (TIME...
...Home-Town Favorites. One reason is that the public is back in. In Chicago, a stockbroker told how his cabdriver asked him about Motorola and a hairdresser wanted advice on how to invest $5,000 in "sound stocks...
Koblenz keeps it largely a home-town production. The local Rhine Philharmonic, a 40-piece orchestra, is the musical backbone of the performance. Koblenz' young singers and budding ballerinas make up the cast of 200, and 40 strapping youngsters, male & female, of the Poseidon Swimming Club perform in the aquacade act. For the top roles, some talent had to be imported. Of one guest performer, a Koblenz official proudly reported: "Oh, he's first class. He sometimes even sings on the radio...
...Home-Town Hero. After the fight, Britons staged a mannerly mob scene for their new champion. Leamington, a quiet resort town once favored by retired Colonel Blimps, turned out 15,000 strong to line the parade route for homecoming Hero Turpin...