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...still lacked practical musical experience, so Glass set out for New York City and the Juilliard School, from which he graduated in 1962. Dissatisfied with his technique, he headed for Paris a couple of years later to study with Nadia Boulanger, the renowned pedagogue who had taught Aaron Copland and ; Virgil Thomson. "Boulanger believed that the training we got in America was simply not thorough enough," says Glass. "She was convinced that at age 27 I had to redo completely my musical education." As the oldest member of the Boulangerie, he studied counterpoint six to eight hours...
Monaco Palace Press Officer Nadia Lacoste patiently batted the stories back. "The truth is always much simpler," she said. "The Prince has never said what he thought of her modeling, and he won't make any comment now. The princess is still recuperating (from a bout of intestinal flu). She's been modeling since February, and she was just overtired." Hilton says that Stephanie is "on a little vacation with her father, and she's supposed to return to Paris in a week. Then I'll talk to her about rescheduling...
...Match. The Aug. 17 issue featured an eight-page spread detailing the triangular affair of Princess, Delon and her longtime boyfriend Paul Belmondo, 21, son of the actor Jean-Paul. The palace went to court, claiming an invasion of privacy, but a French judge refused to stop publication. Huffed Nadia Lacoste, spokeswoman for the Grimaldis: "I don't think anyone tracks gangsters the way they go after the family." Paris Match returned the fire: "If one wants to be private," says Deputy Editor Patrick Mahé", "one doesn't go to a swimming pool on the beach...
Next, Disney World was a happy and uneventful stop. Then the Dallas barbecue was a hazard only to gymnasts: for them, just to whiff Texas barbecue is to risk going to bed as Nadia Comaneci and waking up as Shelley Winters. Finally, a little regretfully, the team disbanded. "Celebrity's been a big change for me," Retton said. "In a way it's really neat. But it won't change me. I'm still just plain Mary Lou. Meeting the President was neat. I'm a little sad it's over after nine years...
...land that gave the world Nadia Comaneci in 1976, sports authorities still appear to favor the development of women gymnasts at the expense of men. Only two male gymnasts appeared in Los Angeles, and neither placed in the top 20. Rumanian women have shown sharp improvement in track and field. They finished first and third in the 800 meters and first in the long jump. Most glowing of all, Maricica Puica, 34, won a startling victory in the women's 3,000-meter race followed by a bronze in the 1,500 meters...