Word: mien
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...years, German Pianist Wiihelm Backhaus has been known as one of the world's musical giants. When he made his U.S. debut in 1912, his soulful mien and his remarkable performances created high excitement. But in the 'aos he decided "to give America a rest." Last week, just turned 70, he made a triumphal return for a single recital in Manhattan's jampacked Carnegie Hall, his first in 28 years...
...office. A vast, burly man-he stands six feet and his chest measures 44 in.-Magloire carries off his formal appearances with unerring dignity. When on parade he is being what he knows many lowly Haitians want in a President: a father-king, a national bon papa of regal mien. Loving it, they sing...
...will admit that I do not actually know that he was a Harvard student, and I might say the incident occurred a half hour rather than fifteen minutes before the game began. It has been suggested that this individual may have been a prankster but his serious mien showed no evidence of it and he made his exit through the Harvard portal...
...Marienkirche, in the eastern sector of Berlin, is a grave, 13th century church with the mien of a sanctuary and the promise of a mighty fortress. It stands behind the Iron Curtain of Christendom's enemy, and there are signs of struggle within and around it. Some of the choir boys who will sing its 16th century chorales in this troubled Eastertide wear the bright blue shirts of the Freie Deutsche Ju-gend, East Germany's Communist youth group. Last February, one of its clergy, Pastor Reinhold George, was arrested by Red security police a few yards from...
...sickly in mien as he is diffident in manner, Baudouin as a child never had much fun until the Princess de Réthy became his maman. She was young* and frolicsome, with what one admirer called "the complexion of a rose and the shape of Venus." Baudouin adored his vivacious stepmother and, according to the gossips, is still strongly influenced by her. She got blamed for Baudouin's rude refusal to attend the funeral of Britain's George...