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...Market members could have been routinely ratified by the French Parliament. But Pompidou had political ends in mind. One was to demonstrate by popular vote his shift away from De Gaulle's old and increasingly unpopular anti-British foreign policy. Another was to increase Pompidou's own luster. To whip up a large oui vote, he made his first provincial tour as President, but crowds on a 30-town tour of Lorraine were neither large nor passionate-in part, perhaps, because Pompidou's speech-making was mediocre...
Ozawa and the other two-castle men are not necessarily greedy for power. There are simply not enough superstar conductors of great luster to go around. The result of all the doubling up sometimes seems to be a numbing jet-age confusion, affecting conductor and orchestra alike, but it is the answer to necessity. Like almost every other orchestra in the nation, the Boston Symphony needs money and a new young audience. One way to win both is to hire a conductor who is an established name in the LP marketplace, and who is attractive, personable and young. He should...
Tatrallyay produced another epic moment in fencing during his second bout. Retreating rapidly in the face of a Hopkins fencer's running attack, he tripped and executed a backward roll in the midst of which he managed to score on his incredulous opponent. The incident added further luster to the legend of Tatrallyay's technique, which has been called by many the "most unique style in America...
...patsy image of the Ivy League makes him at best only a slight favorite to take the trophy. Though no Ivy Leaguer has won the Heisman since Princeton's Dick Kazmaier copped the honor in 1951, Yale's Calvin Hill lent the league some luster when he joined the Dallas Cowboys three years ago and ran off with the N.F.L.'s Rookie of the Year award. Surveying Marinaro's statistics, one pro scout says: "You can knock the Ivies, but that is a lot of yards even in dummy scrimmage...
...here, at the 46th running of the Hambletonian, no betting was allowed or ever had been by long tradition. The U.S.'s most prestigious race for standardbreds, and the middle leg of the Triple Crown for three-year-old male trotters,*the Hambo was a reminder of the luster that once belonged to a sport redolent with nostalgia and grassroots Americana...