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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acknowledged master in the field, Warburg, 72, brooked no quibble. "The era in which [my theory] could be disputed is over, and no one today can doubt that we understand the origin of cancer cells." There were disputers nonetheless. One of them Copenhagen's Dr. Jorgen Kieler, told a leukemia conference at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit: "This concept cannot be accepted without reservations." Dr. Kieler showed that under certain conditions leukemic cells "breathed" at the same rate as normal cells. This contradicts Warburg's belief that the respiration of all cancer cells has been irreversibly damaged...
David Behrman '59's one-movement Piano Sonata displayed the common fault of changing material too often. Though the music was busy, the ideas (save for the opening few notes) lacked an individual character. I felt that I was listening to a series of transitions that had no origin or destination. There was not even a real end; the piece seemed to break off abruptly...
...unknown origin, infectious blushing causes nothing worse than a ruddy rash, perhaps a low fever, and some itching as it subsides. The great majority of victims have been children, who were ordered kept out of school for five days...
Operating from these quarters, Varnoff sends his best monster to fetch prospects. The monster's name is Lobo and he is of Tibetan origin. But the trouble comes when Lobo falls in love with an Occidental girl, a hard-hitting reporteress named Miss Laughton. Lobo, who is really a gentle soul, cannot stand to see Miss Laughton undergo the invariably fatal process of reracination. Lobo turns on his master. The results are catastrophic...
Considerable legend surrounds the origin of the title. According to sentimental reports, Gertrude Stein, who is the author of the opera's text, was lazing disconsolately on her bed at Radcliffe on a chill spring night of 1895. Trying to cheer her up, a room-mate suggested they attend a feminist rally at Sanders, led by suffragette Susan B. Anthony. Gertrude S. was dubious. "Oh, let's go," the friend urged. "Afred all, she's the mother...