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Hephzibah Menuhin and her famous brother, Yehudi, have collaborated to record Mozart's Sonata in A (Kochel No. 526). Sister Hephzibah gives a creditable and authoritative performance at the piano which truly collaborates rather than assists. These sonatas have formerly been used for informal family affairs by aspiring musical amateurs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Records | 3/16/1934 | See Source »

On Purim, masquerading used to be a universal practice, with shpieler (players) going from house to house, to rigadoon and sing: "Hcint is Purim, morgen is ois, git uns a groshen, und varft uns arois." (''Today is Purim, tomorrow it's over, give us a penny and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Purim | 3/12/1934 | See Source »

McNamara fared well at the start. Out in front on the second day he and his partner, Dave Lands, were wildly applauded by the crowd. As the race went on team after team dropped out; only nine of the 15 starters finished. The lead changed hands so frequently that even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: McNamara's Century | 3/12/1934 | See Source »

Sing Sing's lecture room, a long, bare hall set off by iron wickets from its library, was packed last week when fat, jolly Professor Neilsen walked in without a guard. He found his listeners most interested in aviation and weather forecasting. He had to translate "cyclonic and anticyclonic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pupils in Prison | 2/19/1934 | See Source »

Educator John Dewey stared, smiled and applauded. Neurologist Stewart Paton stared, smiled and applauded. Geneticist Charles Benedict Davenport stared, smiled and applauded. Likewise did four dozen other specially invited guests at the performances of a 19-month old boy known as Johnny. They watched the youngster critically as he climbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Twin Brother Act | 12/25/1933 | See Source »

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