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...oddly structured little sonata has two movements, both allegro, preceded by four measures of 'adagio cantabile.' The harmonies and motives of these four measures contain the thematic material of the following two movements in embryonic form. Hellman saw to it that those materials flowered. Judging Beethoven's instruction, 'Allegro ma non troppo' aright, he chose a properly delberate tempo, then, at the appropriate spots, took liberties with it. In the second movement, he went beyond the bounds of loud and soft which had dulled the Bach, and nicely exploited the drama of (i.e., hammed up) the ending...
...Ma Finley was reported as saying the action was not only good for the play, but also for introducing the House's symbol--you guessed it an elephant--to the fresh-men. He noted that Shake-speare refers to an Elephant tavern in Twelfth Night: "Hold, sir, here's my purse, in the soth suburbs, at the Elephant, is best to lodge...
...Ma'am." A man who calls himself a "pragmatic" Republican, Powell's greatest political asset is his determination. In 1958, after years of defeat, he had just filed his papers for Governor when a woman approached him in the general store of his home town, Hampton Falls...
...ma'am," replied Powell. "The way I figure it, I've got a few times to go to catch up with Abe Lincoln. As I remember, he ran eight or nine times and was defeated.* Then they elected him President, and then they shot him. It's a hell of a future to look forward to." Come what may, Powell can hardly wait...
...Belle Américaine. A running gag about U.S. automobiles that sometimes stalls but usually crowds the speed limit; written, directed and acted by Robert (La Plume de Ma Tante) Dhéry, a French comedian who is rapidly emerging as a sort of tatty Tati...