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...symphony lightly and lyrically; Stock lays on it a heavy German hand. Stock's way of playing it is in the real Brahms tradition. It is the way Brahms himself played his symphonies. But whether or not Brahms knew what was good for Brahms is another matter, and the lighter, more flexible style seems to me to have more life. . . . Another Columbia recording offers the Venusberg music from Tannhaueser, whipped up a bit too violently, and rather flatly recorded, but not too bad for all that...
Baron von Thermann went to the German Embassy to stay with Ambassador Baron Wilhelm Albrecht von Schoen. Soon two other German diplomats arrived: Minister to Peru Dr. Eduard Willy Noebel and Minister to Bolivia Dr. Ernst Wendler. Then Baron von Thermann left Santiago, carrying a suitcase many pounds lighter...
...operas. ... I don't usually go too much for the heavy stuff unless this Lehmann is singing it. Then it's all right. . . . It's going to be pretty lonesome . . . won't be nobody to talk to. Traffic will be a hell of a lot lighter, though...
When last week began, the U. S. was worried about a bottleneck in magnesium -a metal invaluable, since it is one-third lighter than even aluminum, for lightweight airplane parts. At week's end the bottleneck was smashed. The way it was smashed was a lesson in speed. To a nation which needs speed above all else, it was proof that time is no obstacle to men of energy and purpose...
...laying of bricks will begin at the first floor level early next month. Sand-struck bricks, which are lighter in color than the surrounding buildings, will be used in this construction, as an attempt to match the color of the early colonial structures which formerly stood in the Yard. The new, shade is thought to be more like that of the older bricks...