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...Monday morning, some student or other will fail to get an audience at University Hall, and others will not dare enter. Yesterday's conference won't effect dramatic campus change. But its premise--and, more importantly, the humble, honest talk which took place away from the podium--are constructive, healthy signs...
...Foreign loans by American banks now amount to $320 billion, a total that is 80% more than it was only five years ago." A speaker in Atlanta with firsthand knowledge of many of the new foreign customers was not reassuring. Said former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger from the podium: "In many countries the debts have already become a major political problem. Lending must go on and it must be in excess of interest payments." In other words, banks will have to lend so foreign borrowers can keep paying interest...
Limping from a fall four years ago and suffering from a chronic back ailment, Karajan looks far frailer than he did on his previous U.S. appearance: a small, fragile man with a shock of swept-back white hair who pulls himself up to the podium with difficulty. But his command of the orchestra has never been surer, nor his conducting so infused with the wisdom that comes with age. After a century of excellence, the Berlin Philharmonic shows no signs of advancing years, only greater maturity. -By Michael Walsh
...high school was a serious matter. In the first place, he represented the student body of one of New York's most prestigious schools, stuyvesant And Carnegic Hall, the location of the ceremonies, could inspire the awe of even the most poised performer. So as Weinstein strode to the podium to begin his speech, he was understandably nervous. Even his closest friends were not then sure he would go through with the routine as planned...
Frankly, when Anders was just about to begin. I was sure he would do it straight," says Chris Librie, now a senior at the University of Pennsylvania. "Then, he bent down behind the podium, put on the Groucho Mars fake nose, glasses and moustache and right away got a standing ovation...