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...intrigue and diplomacy enveloping the German General Staff, and The Axe of Wandsbek, a bitter indictment of Nazi Germany. Yet Zweig always regarded himself as a German and Socialist first and a Jew second, was persuaded "in 1948 to return to East Germany, where he became a cultural ornament of the Communist regime, even served a term in the Volkskammer (Parliament...
...Society did not succumb to this hazard. Its chorus was, above all, conscious of the spirit of liturgical dramatic works, so that while the performance was not a surpassingly beautiful one, it was exceptionally tasteful and engaging. And this was not so much the result of doggedly exhuming every ornament as of pentrating to the irreducible dramatic intention of each composition. The performers were most successful in the movingSong of Simeon, in which a baroque solo choir in the balcony sings a text different from that of the main choir, symbolizing in Schutz's words "the joy of the blessed...
...1970s, if present plans are carried through, the French navy will be stronger than Britain's by a margin of two aircraft carriers and one nuclear sub. So much for the navy that William Blackstone, back in 1765, was able to call "England's greatest defense and ornament; its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island...
...Your statement that Communist gunners are so expert that they can fire 25 rounds per minute from 82-mm. mortars [March 15] seems a bit farfetched. Exceeding eight or ten rounds per minute is inviting the weapon to melt and ornament your homemade sandals with white-hot metal. Also, your reference to the fine quality of the AK-47 is somewhat discolored. Not only does the AK-47 overheat rapidly, as you stated, it also jams twice as fast as any U.S. weapon, including the M16, because of the cheap stamp ing of the gas cylinder. You mention that...
...blues in the history of painting equal the electric indigos and aquas that ornament the baked enamel crafted in the 15th and 16th centuries for princes and prelates in the French city of Limoges. These extraordinary hues, combined with lesser colors, were used by master craftsmen to limn exquisitely detailed pictures on altarpieces, caskets. ewers and platters, garnished lavishly with silver and gold. Subjects range from the Annunciation to the labors of Hercules, and some panels even chronicle minor themes like the French proverb of the bad shepherd.* The finest U.S. collection of these Renaissance enamels is owned...