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...never used Negro players, farmed out Shortstop Elijah Jerry ("Pumpsie") Green, who hit a respectable .327 in spring training but faded sadly toward season's opening. This week the Sox, who have never regularly employed a Negro in any capacity at Boston's Fenway Park, will plead to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination that Green needs more seasoning in the minors. From the sidelines came an unsolicited comment from ex-Dodger Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color line in the majors with Brooklyn twelve years ago. When he and two other Negroes got tryouts at Fenway...
...continual fascinations of contemporary music is the tension between originality and tradition arising from apparently conflicting ideals of being at once modern and timeless. While composers plead for the chance to break free from the constraints of the 18th and 19th Centuries, they tacitly concur with the critics (and the audiences), who cling to their touchstones, comparing every modern composition to the classical paragon in its form, usually harshly, often unfairly applying criteria that are not altogether suitable. The composer faces the choices of breaking definitely with the musical past; or creating a new mainstream of music by appealing...
...Opera. In a rococo salon near Paris, the six main figures sit chatting for the whole of one golden, 18th century afternoon-a Count and Countess, a Musician and a Poet, a Director and an Actress. The Poet and the Musician, both in love with the Countess, plead their special skills ("The poetic spirit is the mirror of the world!" sings the Poet; "The sounds of nature sing at the cradle of the arts!" replies the Musician). The Director scorns both their arts: "Production is the solution . . . Eloquent gestures, lifelike expressions-basic principle...
...Platt changed his request to an order. Panicky, the MATS men took an easy out, bumped seven emergency-furlough passengers-one lieutenant and six enlisted men-off the Pacific Express passenger list to make way for the colonel, his family and luggage. When some of the victims tried to plead their emergency problems-a dead son, a dying sister, a mother's funeral, etc.-the colonel turned his back, gathered up his family, marched to the loading ramp...
Mahdawi (to first accused): How do you plead...