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...that he will never be a dope fiend or a barfly." (Rejected.) ¶ "It is worth noting that this boy has been caught three times smoking on the school bus." (Rejected by one vote, with smoking members of the admissions committee unanimous in disapproval.) ¶"We have started to mold this boy. but have made only a modest beginning. Charles remains on the whole quite good-natured, even under severest discipline-and he has had plenty of that.'' (Accepted...
...only 40% planning to vote for Republicans-the lowest congressional score ever polled by the G.O.P. Nixon must seek every means to corral the party's strays, reconcile its wide-ranging factions (from New York's liberal Jack Javits to Arizona's conservative Barry Goldwater), and mold the G.O.P. into a strong, united political force. Nixon's most notable recent moves in this direction have been his indirect overtures to New York's standoffish Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who is a favorite of wavering independents and has considerable influence in pivotal (45 electoral votes) New York...
...fill the gigantic mold of a Wagnerian hero, a tenor should 1) have a voice big enough and resonant enough to soar over the timpani-tempered Wagnerian orchestra, 2) be robust enough to support swooning Wagnerian sopranos, and 3) preferably be named Lauritz Melchior. At the Metropolitan Opera last week, a topnotch revival of Wagner's Die Walkuere (conducted by Karl Boehm) offered the audience a dramatic tenor who ideally fulfilled the first two requirements and made the third one seem unimportant. The tenor: 33-year-old, Canadian-born Jon Vickers...
...dictators into power, recognizes them once in power only as it recognizes any ruling government. But a policy of correctness to dictators leaves plenty of room for a policy of warmth to democratic governments, and there is more warmth in Washington these days for men in Betancourt's mold...
...sand casting Susse employs a sand found only in the Seine basin, which becomes almost doughy when moist. It is best for highly polished surfaces. The sculpture is solidly packed with sand, which is then baked dry to make a mold. A second mold is also fashioned, roughly one-eighth inch smaller than the original mold. The molds, shaped in halves, are placed one inside the other and then joined. Finally molten bronze is poured into the thin space left empty between...