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...scene to gladden even the most jaded cruise director. The open-air movie was filled to capacity with a bronzed, relaxed audience. In the swimming pool near by, energetic types were splashing away at water polo. From the "Bikini" bar came the clink of glasses and the hum of bar babble, and in the soft glow cast by indirect neon lighting, palm leaves fluttered...
This involved yeoman duty for both correspondent and aide. Missing not a chance to make propaganda hay, the Soviets turned out big crowds to cheer at every stop. Harriman addressed an open-air rally at the new Siberian iron-mining town of Rudny, several times spoke over local radio stations, was everywhere interviewed by Russian newsmen. Jotting it all down in separate notebooks, Harriman and Thayer spent long hours each evening disputing their impressions. When at last an article was ripe, Thayer would retire to hammer out a first draft behind a locked door, later return to defend...
Esplanade Concerts. Arthur Fieldler conducts members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in free open-air concerts every evening at 8:30 (except July 4) until July 10 in the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Charles River Esplanade. Take blanket and subway to Charles Station...
...room hotel, hostels and residence halls for students, a sports center leading onto a vast open-air garden...
Five hours before the concert, a platoon of coolies moved into the open-air concert area and enveloped it in a cloud of insecticide to kill off the mosquitoes. An hour later, two coolies armed with spools of adhesive tape started affixing location tags to the rows of folding seats. At C-hour-minus-30 minutes, the national flags of Viet Nam and the U.S. were in place. As the darkness gathered, the men of the orchestra took their places, and promptly at 8 p.m. the conductor raised his baton. Moments later one more corner of Asia was introduced...