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Five hundred cadets will parade today on Soldiers Field in the annual military review of the combined Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC units of the College. The review begins at 2:30 p.m. and will include precision drill competition, presentation of awards to outstanding cadets, and inspection by the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC UNITS PARADE | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

There were other stars both evenings: Vladimir Levashev, who danced the role of the Evil Sorcerer with briny conviction and made his final, crippled death dance a wonderful virtuoso exercise; Nicolai Fadeyechev, who was superb as the Prince, particularly in his leaps in the Act III Black Swan variations; Georgi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Bolshoi's Bounce | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

In his first public appearance at Villa Acuna, Mexico two months ago, Clements was a sensation. The judges awarded him two ears from his first bull, two ears and a tail from his second. Wrote a critic for El Redondel, Mexico City's bullfight weekly: "The gentleman of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Matador from Texas | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

His characters are the kind whose gay yet joyless lives make for gossip over countless canapes, but they have rarely been described with such quiet precision or understanding. Some of them are merely foolish, some merely mistake manners for morals, and some merely hurt themselves by being themselves. But the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: So Young, So False | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

Although it is drama--and great drama--the Passion is not Otello. For its fullest effect, it should be led with precision rather than exaggeration and be given a Baroque, not Romantic treatment. One of the egregious examples of this misinterpretation was Richard Burgin's syrupy violin solo in the...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: St. Matthew Passion | 3/27/1959 | See Source »

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