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...young man on the podium was flogging the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra at a dead run through Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony when a handclap sounded from the raised platform at the rear. "Mr. Goldstein," said Conductor William Steinberg with icy politeness, "why are you in such a hurry? We do admire the playing of the orchestra, and we are surprised they can play all the notes, but we would rather listen to the music of Mendelssohn." The young man on the podium flushed, resumed at a slower tempo. Hour after hour, it went on that way last week while...
Stalagmight. In Liverpool, England, thieves scaled the 10-ft. wall of Walton Prison, got inside unnoticed, smashed a window and broke down a pair of 3-in. oak doors to get into the warden's office, cracked a safe, left the prison without attracting the attention of 200 jailers or disturbing the sleep of 900 prisoners...
Dawson was professor of Comparative Religion at University College, Exeter, and Forwood Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Liverpool. He has written nearly 20 books, including, The Age of the Gods, Medieval Religion, and Beyond Politics...
...guest of ample, agile Bessie Braddock, Labor M.P. from Liverpool, Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson turned up for a quiet session of Britain's House of Commons, and on his tour parried questions with the noncommittal skill of a Cabinet minister. What about attacks on boxing? "I wouldn't like to make any comment," said Floyd. "But don't you agree," asked Fight Fan Braddock, "that boxing for every physically fit boy gives him balance, judgment and sportsmanship?" Replied Patterson, after deep thought: "Definitely." Viewing the Thames, Visitor Patterson delivered a judgment on the great grey river that...
Born 25 years ago in Calabar, Nigeria, Hogan (an Anglicized version of his first name Okon) began boxing when he was twelve. In the ten years since he started fighting for pay, he has moved to Liverpool and has put together a record of 62 fights with only ten losses. He won the featherweight title last summer by beating Algeria's Cherif Hamia. And last week not even Los Angeles' visiting Mexicans would challenge Bassey's manager, George Biddies, when he announced elegantly: "I rather fancy that Hogan will be about some time as featherweight champion...