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...testy impression left by those remarks is not quite the one that the Hungarian-born Fellner, who arrived in the U.S. in 1939, made on his colleagues at Yale, where he taught for 21 years before retiring in June. They remember him as a scholar of grave old-world courtesy who developed a surprising facility as an amateur bartender (he is one of the few people left who knows how to mix a sidecar). He has, however, been acquiring a reputation as a hard-liner on inflation and as a holder of what Nixon wryly described as "rather, shall...
...Born. To Sir Georg Solti, 60, flamboyant Hungarian-born conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (TIME cover, May 7), and Lady (Valerie) Solti, 35: their second child, second daughter; in London. Name: Claudia Vanessa...
...Hungarian-born Playwright Ferenc Molnar (1878-1952) graced that happy time with many an urbane trifle. The Play's The Thing is a choice example...
Almost a year has passed since a deranged Hungarian-born Australian named Lászlo Toth attacked Michelangelo's Pietà in its chapel at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. With 15 hammer blows Toth knocked off the Madonna's left forearm, dented her veil, smashed her nose and chipped her left cheek (left...
Died. Joseph Szigeti, 80, Hungarian-born violin maestro, who made his debut in 1904, his first recording in 1908; in Lucerne, Switzerland. A restrained, elegant performer in the classical tradition, he was also an early proponent of 20th century Composers Sergei Prokofiev and Fellow Hungarian Béla Bart...