Word: minors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week Maxim's was back in business. Mahogany, glass and brass glistened as of old. Albert was on hand to welcome the bejeweled and tail-coated guests: Princess Faiza of Egypt, Couturier Jacques Fath, Cartoonist Roger Wild, Mlle. Constantinesco, Fred McEvoy, Mme. Audemars and a safari of minor movie officials, businessmen and actresses. Gallantly, the sprinkle of oldtimers and pleasure's eager neophytes strove to revive the tradition of flaunting frivolity. But something more was missing than Gérard, who had retired to a sumptuous château near Biarritz which he had bought with tips...
...arrival at Eleusis airport. The plane was ahead of schedule. Archbishop Damaskinos, the hulking Regent, and Constantin Tsaldaris, the choleric Premier, were nowhere in sight. Said the King to minor officials who received him: "I'm sorry that I don't recognize all of you, but I extend my greetings." Several correspondents and newsmen, who would have liked to talk to the King, were detained in an airport building by an armed guard. When Damaskinos and Tsaldaris finally arrived, out of breath, King George was whisked aboard a destroyer, where he spent the night...
Tschaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conducting; Victor, 12 sides). The best Fifth on records, extraordinarily lyrical and Russian, with characteristic Koussevitzky accents. Performance: excellent...
Despite the announced policy of putting such differences up to the entire student body, it might prove disastrous to the whole undertaking if misunderstandings multiplied beyond a reasonable number. The Committee members should, therefore, bend their efforts toward reaching agreements immediately on as many of the minor issues as possible, and work hard and long at resolving the larger difficulties...
...things go right this week, the coaches intend to hold at least two scrimmages before the Tufts game. It was a lack of contact work the week before the Connecticut affair, caused by numerous minor injuries to key players in earlier contact sessions, that is generally believed to be the cause of the Varsity's occasional ragged play against the Huskies...