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...most of his six-year term General Paul Eugene ("Bon Papa") Magloire was a popular chief, a stabilizing force and a builder (TIME, Feb. 22, 1954). He sternly denied any ambition to be a permanent President of Haiti, but as the end of his term neared, he resolved to impose a manageable puppet in elections set for next April. But Haitians spurned what .amounted to another Magloire administration. Instead, they warmed up to Opposition Candidate Louis Dejoie, a well-to-do planter who promised a businesslike regime...
...accordion when he was eleven months old. Within a few years the boy was playing kettledrums, the vibraphone, piano and, by some tall stretching, string bass. He went on to play in his school orchestra, where the going was rough. "They're not good enough for him," said Papa. Joey complained that his friends are not interested in his conducting. "There's one boy named Tommy-he throws rocks...
...Italian conductor named Gino Lombardi discovered his conducting talent, started training him, e.g., records and scores every day before breakfast. After Joey shared programs in Miami and Long Beach, N.Y.. father Alfidi hired the Symphony of the Air and Carnegie Hall at a total cost of $10,000. Papa is sure Joey will become a great conductor. But if not, there is his baby brother, who, says Papa, already hums the first bars of Beethoven's Fifth at the age of two years...
...always felt that audience comeback aids a lecturer," Boring said. "It always helps to know whether your students are awake or asleep, whether they are scribbling notes furiously, or reading the newspaper. But I pretend that the three red lights on the TV camera are Johnny and Mama and Papa, and I try to deliver my lecture to them...
...Manhattan apartment, Monaco's blooming Princess Grace, six months pregnant and 26 Ibs. heavier, toyed with tiny garments and confessed that too much spaghetti and noodles helped put her in her present distention. Grace and expectant Papa Rainier both hope to present Monaco with a boy, but have not yet settled on a name. Said Grace: "I love the name Henry, but the Prince doesn't . . ." Drawing on old wives' tales to support her anticipation, Grace wishfully explained: "They claim you have a boy if you carry to the front. It might be a boy. He kicks...