Word: polis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another year (TIME, Aug. 3), it also set up a Commission on Foreign Economic Policy to report next year on how much protection and how much free trading the U.S. ought to indulge in. Last week, mindful that the commission's recommendations could shape U.S. and world trading poli cies for years to come, President Eisen hower appointed a highly qualified man for the job of chairman. The choice: Clarence B. Randall, 62, chairman of the board of Chicago's Inland Steel...
Puccini: Turandot (Gina Cigna, soprano; Armando Giannotti, tenor; Luciano Neroni, basso; Francesco Merli, tenor; Magda Olivero, soprano; Afro Poli, baritone; EIAR Symphony Orchestra and chorus, Franco Ghione conducting; Cetra-Soria, 6 sides LP). Puccini's last, but not best opera gets as good a performance as possible. Recording: good...
Verdi: Excerpts from Falstaff (Mariano Stabile, baritone; Afro Poli, baritone; Vittoria Palombini, mezzo-soprano; Giuseppe Nessi, tenor; Luciano Donaggio, bass; La Scala Orchestra, Alberto Erede conducting; Capitol-Telefunken; 6 sides). Baritone Stabile, now 61, was the best Falstaff in the business when these recordings were originally made before World War II. Capitol's repressing job is good...