Word: lesson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Freedom has a special meaning for these people. this one city suffered a sixth of the damage--2,625,000,000 cubic feet of rubble--inflicted on all of Germany. Destruction was a chastising lesson in itself but since the war the West Berliner has had newer reminders of totalitarianism right in his own yard. He can never forget that he is 200 miles from the nearest western outpost, that sudden disappearances are commonplace, and that 350 refugees pour into his sector every...
Study, Study & Sleep. Next morning, up and through breakfast by 9, the prince began a strict schedule which will occupy his weekday life for the next six or seven months. Every morning he will take two lessons in mathematics, one gymnastic lesson and one long lesson in classics. After lunch he rests briefly, then goes to Madrid's Club de Campo (a businessman's club, so that he can mingle with other than bluebloods). where he spends the next two hours in princely recreation, mostly horseback riding, but also golf and tennis. Late in the afternoon he returns...
...fire arias of Bartolo and Figaro, but in recitatives it becomes invaluable for following nuances of the plot. Apart from the language change, Mr. Goldovsky adheres to the composer's intentions. Rosina, for instance, is sung by a mezzo-soprano as Rossini first planned. And she sings his original Lesson Scene, not the customary aria interpolated for benefit for the claque. The orchestra is authentically chamber-size and the theater itself much more intimate than our standard operatic caverns...
...Washington and threw the North into such a tizzy that the Democrats decided to wait until things quieted down before holding their convention. They finally met on Aug. 29 and nominated General George B. McClellan, who set about failing in politics as he had in war. Since that unhappy lesson, the Democrats have held their conventions earlier. Last week, however, new National Chairman Paul Butler announced that the 1956 convention will start Monday, Aug. 27, so as to pack the sharpest television punch into a two-month campaign...
...confidently forth to take on Australia's Ken Rosewall, who had beaten him eight times in the last two years. For weeks U.S. Captain Bill Talbert had been showing Seixas, not an overpowering hitter, how to win points off Rosewall's relatively weak forehand. Seixas learned that lesson well. His net play was as good as ever...