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...Grand Old Problem...
...Antipodes' sake, G.O.P. stands for Grand Old Party. The initials, referring to the Republican party, first came into use in the late 19th century. They have been variously attributed to an American adaptation of "Grand Old Man," affectionate nickname for Prime Minister Gladstone, political cartoonists' use of the abbreviation for convenience' sake (see cut*), and a Cincinnati Gazette printer who was short of space...
...Captioned "Little Roosevelt! ! !-The Grand Old Party Must Be Hard-Up!," the 1884 cartoon by Joseph Keppler shows Republican Bigwigs Frank Hiscock, Chauncey Depew, Horace Porter. Henry Cabot Lodge and Stephen B. Elkins gathered clockwise around Theodore Roosevelt and dressing him in the armor of party leadership...
Debussy turned out to be the old fogy at the concert that took place in Sanders Theatre on Monday evening before an audience of about 350 persons. Sponsored by the Summer School, a program mainly devoted to early 20th-century works was performed by soprano Dorothy Crawford and pianists Bruce Archibald and John Crawford...
This production uses the music written by the English composer John Crooke for the original production. When the play was published some thirty years later, Barrie himself penned a dedicatory perface in which he made point of praising the old Crooke music as "delightful." He was right: the various pieces are tuneful, and appropriate to the changing moods. Crooke's music has been tastefully scored for harpsichord and woodwinds by John Brockington, who appears briefly as the pirate Jukes...