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Soprano Ingrid Bjoner was generally first rate as a shyly aggressive Eva. Bass Karl Doench was appropriately repellent as Beckmesser, the malevolent town clerk whom Wagner created as a caricature of one of his most caustic critics-Viennese Music Critic Eduard Hanslick. The chorus and extras were drilled with spectacular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Boost for Wagner | 10/26/1962 | See Source »

The Affair. Faithfully adapted by Ronald Millar from the novel by C. P. Snow, this play scrupulously tracks justice through a lair of university dons. Intellectually sprightly and impeccably acted, The Affair offers playgoers the added pleasure of hearing literate English spoken with grace and precision.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Oct. 19, 1962 | 10/19/1962 | See Source »

Jet Boost. Rolls-Royce's founding genius was the late Henry Royce, a compulsive tinkerer who in 1904 built an auto so silent and efficient that it won him the financial backing of Charles Stewart Rolls, an elegant aristocrat who owned a London auto sales agency. In 1906 the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: The Pursuit of Perfection | 10/19/1962 | See Source »

Bluffing, running, jabbing, passing, dashing and faking, quarterback Pat McCarthy directed his crusade with precision and daring, and managed to confuse and upset Harvard's defenses. At game's end he had personally accounted for 187 yards.

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Powerful Crusaders Bomb Crimson; McCarthy Sparks Explosive Attack | 10/15/1962 | See Source »

The U.S. last week passed another milestone in the space age-but this time the milestone was emotional as well as scientific. With the successful countdown and launch of Sigma 7, the near-flawless orbital performance of spacecraft and pilot and the extraordinary precision of impact and recovery, the U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Sweet Little Bird | 10/12/1962 | See Source »

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