Word: novae
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tokyo Blues (The Horace Silver Quintet; Blue Note) is a fascinating marriage of Latin rhythms to Oriental melodies, presided over by the lingering blues sound of Silver's piano. Gene Taylor's bass solos are the best expression of this trans-Pacific bossa nova, and Junior Cook on tenor sax makes the trip seem pleasant and short...
...domus nova...
Died. Aleksandr Vasilievich Topchiev, 55, chemist credited with a major role in developing the liquid rocket fuels that enabled the Soviets to build their huge space vehicles; of a heart attack; in Moscow. Topchiev was a frequent visitor to the Pugwash conferences staged in Nova Scotia by Russophile Industrialist Cyrus Eaton, where the chemist enjoyed preaching that science is above national politics. But he had a pragmatic side: in 1958, a fellow Russian remarked that what he feared most was an accidental and irresponsible attack on Russia by the U.S., and Topchiev grinned back: "What I fear most is responsible...
Shortly after the dictator's assassination, it reports, the Trujillos deposited $35 million in the Bank of Nova Scotia under the name of three cover-up Canadian corporations: later, when the new Dominican government tried to recover the money from Canada, it was transferred to a Geneva bank. More millions poured directly into Switzerland through a network of front companies spread across the Continent. At least seven such fronts were set up in tiny, tax-haven Liechtenstein, and their funds were deposited in Swiss banks. When Swiss bankers were asked by the Dominican government not to accept Trujillo funds...
Jahn is a European (nationality not specified) who has sailed his small ketch to what is presumably Nova Scotia or the Gaspe Peninsula, in order to spend a year testing some mining theories. Maria is the crippled daughter of the customs officer, a wise, learned man who has been paralyzed for 20 years. The young people cannot marry while Maria's father is alive, nor can they let him know that his life is thus a burden. The action of the book be gins as Jahn and his small crew set sail again for Europe. Maria gives...