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...winner of the Van Cliburn International Competition, Ralph Votapek [Oct. 19] gave new cultural luster to Milwaukee...
...switched to apartment living because houses have become so costly. "Around here," sighs one Los Angeles real estate man, "an $18,000 house is a cheapie." Around New York, a $22,000 house is a cheapie. Lawn mowing, long commuter trips and crowded highways have taken some of the luster off the suburbs, and have led to some return to the cities. (New York City, which normally puts up 10% of the nation's new housing, has a special reason for its apartment building boom: to beat the deadline for the first major zoning ordinance change since 1916, builders...
...general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. Mine were great! Something of the luster of this citation glows on each one's shoulders." During his brief visit to Washington, MacArthur also stopped off at the White House for a private talk with President Kennedy. When he emerged, MacArthur told newsmen: "The President and I discussed the world situation and reminisced about our old comradeship in the Pacific war." Someone wanted to know if he was optimistic or pessimistic about world affairs. "I am completely optimistic," the general replied. "Anybody...
...Gave new luster to that oft-whipped old goat, Free Enterprise. Conceived and built by American Telephone & Telegraph's Bell Laboratories, Telstar is private industry's first space vehicle and its launching a proud example of how government and industry can work together for mutual benefit...
...exhibition of his work on view at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art shows both his delicacy and his range. He had complete mastery over stones like chalcedony and rhodonite, and no one has excelled him in his ability to give subtle shadings to his metals or luster to his enamels. The imperial presentation box with the portrait of Nicholas II has both red and green gold; the translucent enamels used for the tiny writing table are yellow and tawny while the opaque enamels are orange and green...