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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a bitter, boisterous, grotesquely misshapen mite of a man. He spent the best of his 37 years pattering up & down the steep streets of Montmartre, tippling in its gayest bistros and teetering on the edge of artistic fame. Half a century ago, liquor laid him by the heels. Last week, some of the work he managed between benders was on exhibition at two Paris galleries; a fictional biography of him, Moulin Rouge, was on U.S. bestseller lists; and the Baltimore Museum of Art had just staged a comprehensive show of his posters. Keeping step with...
More was expected of Booth the second year after he had been firmly planted is the lineup and dubbed the "mighty mite" by the sportswriters. Wood still held the upper hand though, as he teamed with Art Huguley for two scoring passes...
Lucille Shadrick, a thin and bony woman, left the table, sobbing. Theodore Shadrick stared stonily, pondering the news that the fourth oldest of his six sons and four daughters was gone. "He was the best there was," said Theodore finally. "Never caused us a mite of worry...
Keyserling pronounced Blough's a "fine appointment." Senator Taft snorted: "The President now has three leftfielders" on his team. The consensus was that Blough, for whatever consolation it might be, plays a mite closer to center field...
Munch seems to take considerable liberties with his classical music. Long dramatic pauses, and abrupt changes in tempo sound a mite strange. In the third movement of the Beethoven, there were moments of uncertainty in the Orchestra, signs of the difficult change of interpretation. But it is nothing serious, and Munch's first concert indicates that Symphony Hall is going to be rocked back on its heels in the weeks to come...