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Another of the Fogg's unique responsibilities is its collection of Oriental Art, by far the best in this country. There still is a great deal that might be done here, but once again the staff shortage is a serious handicap.
Amid the pressing obligations to the Graduate School, to the field of Oriental Art, to professionals in foreign countries, and to the Cambridge community itself, Fogg has a strong duty, perhaps not "unique," to the Harvard undergraduate. Coolidge would like nothing better than to be able to channel some of...
Shifting Crown. The new Sihanouk role was that of kingmaker. In a ceremony of dazzling Oriental splendor last week he crowned his own father King of Cambodia. Long Sihanouk's close adviser, elderly (60), diabetic Suramarit and his statuesque wife Kossaman are members of the Khmer dynasty which goes...
Puccini's last opera, Turandot, is his grandest and in some ways his best. Dying before he could finish it, Puccini left undone what he wanted to be "the greatest duet ever written." Whether or not he could have fulfilled this aim or not, the rest of the music, some...
Of his own work, Graves says: "I am not so much a naturalist as some people suppose." His drawing, Loon Calling on an Autumn Lake (below), leaves little doubt that it records a scene Graves observed and pondered. But as he has brushed it in with ink, it catches overtones...