Word: julius
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This little charade is just a conversational pleasantry. Or is it? Who can ever be sure with Nabokov? Perhaps he has something more in mind. Devout Nabokov watchers might find clues in those references to Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory. They might see implications of the fall of Rome, the rise of Byzantium, and a consequent gap between East and West that makes comparisons impossible between Anglo-Saxon writers (Shakespeare) and Slavic writers (Nabokov...
...recipient of numerous gifts. A few years later, Boston Industrialist Bernard Goldfine gave a vicuna coat to Sherman Adams, Eisenhower's chief White House aide, who intervened for Goldfine with two regulatory agencies. Again, there was no evidence of a payoff, but Adams was forced to resign. Lobbyist Julius Klein had such a grip on Senator Thomas Dodd that he was able to write him bullying instructions. It is probably neither possible nor desirable to curb the lobbyists, but how can public servants be protected from temptation...
...Died. Julius Katchen, 42, U.S. concert pianist and recording artist, considered one of the world's foremost performers of Brahms; of cancer; in Paris. A New Jersey-born child prodigy who made his debut at eleven, Katchen won acclaim for his brilliant performances of Brahms' complete solo works, also recorded some of Beethoven's major concertos and was at home throughout the range of classical repertory. Though he was well enough known at home, his greatest popularity was in Europe, where he spent most of his adult life, exemplifying in his playing the ambience of an older...
...monk without a monastery, Erasmus was free to travel. On visits to England, he found close friends in Sir Thomas More, John Colet and other noted English humanists. In Italy, he learned Greek, published an extensive anthology of ancient Adages, and was appalled at the wars of Pope Julius II against neighboring Christian states. In Bologna, he witnessed Julius' triumphal entry with "a mighty groan," wondering whether the Pope was the successor of Jesus Christ or Julius Caesar...
...Country Club is Boston's best course, in addition to being its most famous. It was there that Julius Boros beat Arnold Palmer in the 1963 U.S. Open, after both golfers had tied in regulation at the astronomical total of 293, five over...