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...with renewed vigor and judgment elsewhere in the world. But "putting Viet Nam behind us" may not be so easy, after all. Ending America's mental and emotional involvement may prove as hard as ending its physical involvement. The U.S. may have to live for some time with old???and new?nightmares...
...Institut. In due time the Institut searched for another musician to immortalize in his place. They turned to old M. Vincent d'Indy, writer of symphonies of great fame, excellence, popularity. But old M. d'Indy would have none of it. Sternly he spoke: "I am 78 years old???it is really a little late to think of me." The next choice, Composer Paul Dukas, protested that the Institut was making fun of him. So, finally, the Institut turned to the man whom many regard as, next to Pole Paderewski the greatest French composer?Maurice Ravel...
...Next day they found a dead leopard 50 yards down a ravine. There was a bullet in his heart. His length was 7 feet 10 inches, and he was very old???so old that his years could not be reckoned...
...even to the pleas of the charming Leginska, who had been canvassing for subscriptions. Would the People's Symphony survive the crisis? That question was answered last week by the announcement that there would be next season a new orchestra?its 100-odd members to be drawn from the old???to be known as the Boston Philharmonic, Ethel Leginska its permanent conductor...
...said) 100 pipes?briars, corncobs, clays, calabashes. He likes Oriental rugs, is somewhat of a naturalist (collects birds' nests), owns a maple grove. He bought a tumbled-down place about 15 miles from Ludlow and uses it as a fishing club?he loves fishing. His automobile is good but old???old and paintless. There are nine clocks in the room where he works, for one of his hobbies is repairing clocks. Mr. Sargent is, in Republican state politics, quite a power. He opposed the 16th Amendment to the Federal Constitution (Income Tax), the 17th (Popular Election of Senators), the 18th...