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...never achieved such results. That Caesar and Antony went down was not Cleopatra's fault; if, says Ludwig, they had followed her advice, her example in killing off two brothers and two sisters, had not naively pardoned their enemies, everything would have been all right. Pale, cold-blooded Octavian, whom easygoing Antony had twice neglected to "liquidate," won out because he followed a more modern technique of demagogy and blood purges. It is in tracing such blunders of Caesar and Antony that Author Ludwig makes Cleopatra's maneuvers shine with genius, makes her biography a nice contemporary commentary...
...logical sequence that Nicholas Titulescu was finally dropped as Foreign Minister of Rumania as he lay sick on the French Riviera. Sick too was the erstwhile predominance of Paris at Bucharest and in the Rumanian capital a new star had shot up with a Nazi sizzle, Dr. Octavian Goga...
Abbott McC. Washburn, Jr. '37, of Minneapolis, and a graduate of Andover; and Octavian M. Stirling, Jr. '38, of Fallston, Maryland, and a graduate of St. James School, to become Literary Associates; and Samuel N. Hinckley '39, of Cedarhurst, New York, and a graduate of Groton to become a member of the Business Board...
...Pompey, Cicero sided first with Pompey, became neutral, chose Pompey again, again became neutral, got on the losing side just before it lost. By that time he had antagonized both camps. He remained prudently true to his Republican convictions while Caesar was in power, was completely hoodwinked by Octavian in the chaotic situation that followed Caesar's assassination. In a last burst of eloquence he denounced Anthony, then faced his murderers. The more Dr. Richards labors to make his career inspiring, the more inept Cicero appears. When he was audacious it was at the wrong time. When...
Strauss wrote Octavian's part for a mezzo-soprano. Last week's impersonator was Eva Hadrabova, a rangy 27-year-old Czech whose figure is better than her voice. The Sophie was Elisabeth Schumann, longtime friend of Strauss, whose clear thread-like voice perfectly suited the demure fluttery young girl she was supposed to be. Basso Emanuel List made the Baron's comedy as broad as his beam, as obvious as the tuba which kept tabs...