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Among the stopping points: the Jewel Song from Faust, Mi chiamano Mimi from Boheme, Signore, ascolta from Turandot. For insatiable Moffo fans, Angel also offers an album of Coloratura Arias (Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis) that are every bit as distinguished, with the single exception of the Lucia di Lammermoor Mad Scene: the delivery is splendid, but Moffo sounds about as mad as a hermit thrush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Classical Records: Mar. 24, 1961 | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

...cattier than a back fence. Not even exotic maharanis are safe from Killer Diller, who tells people not to be fooled by the big single jewel on thai lovely Punjabi forehead. "I mean, it's got to be covering something," says Phyllis "Like, a tunnel." Much of her self-written act centers in the everyday household which she usually populates with schizos now and then tossing in a normal person like the mother who said, "Eat, Chester Have you any idea how many poor people in China would want that oatmeal?" Say Chester: "Name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: Killer Diller | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

...field, or even whether it rotates on its axis. Its surface may be hot, dusty and stirred by terrific winds; it may be covered by a single deep ocean, perhaps made of petroleum instead of water. Any shred of information about the mystery planet will be treasured as a jewel by astronomers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Nice, Precise Operation | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

...back of me hand to C. H. Dodd [who heads the group working on a new translation of the Bible]. The "archaic phrases" are one of the features that make the Bible the jewel that it is. If the "moderns" want seduction, incest, etc., it's all there for them, only in poetic form. What modern novel cuts a prostitute in twelve pieces, one to be sent to each tribe of Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1961 | 2/3/1961 | See Source »

...more than enough Kennedys around, there were few failures on that account. The inaugural committee threw a huge affair at the National Gallery to welcome Bess Truman, the Cabinet wives, the Kennedy and Johnson ladies, and other women of importance; the hall became a rustling sea of mink and jewel, bouffant hairdo and beaded gown. Over at the Statler-Hilton, House Speaker Sam Rayburn hosted a party for Lyndon Johnson; at the Mayflower, Young Democrats danced with anxious glances at the entrance, hoping for the arrival of Jack Kennedy. He did not show-but Brother Bobby and his wife Ethel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The 35th: John Fitzgerald Kennedy | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

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