Word: manhattan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Missing from the delegation: Richard Gladstein, who is busy defending two of the 11 Communist leaders on trial in Manhattan...
Lawyer Lloyd Stryker's voice lifted in pride and reverence last week. "Call Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter," he said. Dressed in an ordinary brown suit but robed in his uncommon prestige, little Justice Frankfurter stepped to the stand. He had come from the Supreme Court to Manhattan to be a character witness for Alger Hiss, his onetime Harvard law student, on trial in Federal Court for perjury. The Government had rested and Alger Hiss had begun his defense...
...Edouard Goerg, whose Nativity with Birds was as sweet and fuzzy as spun candy. The second prize ($1,500), third prize ($1,000), and seven $750 honorable mentions all went to painters who were comparatively unknown in the U.S. Next autumn, Goerg's prizewinner will be brought to Manhattan to compete with U.S. entries for a $3,500 grand prize...
...want all hell to break loose!" bellowed Impresario Leon Leonidoff one morning last week in the rehearsal gloom of Manhattan's cavernous Radio City Music Hall. By the time the Russian accent had floated up to the stage, about half a block away, things had begun...
...upper Manhattan last week, 16,000 music lovers crowded into Lewisohn Stadium on opening night of the 32nd season of summer concerts. The weather, for once, was ideal, with stars atwinkle and cool breezes circulating. But, as usual, the fond fans had a few things to grumble about...