Word: presleys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that was notable for his unhackneyed programing, e.g., Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Vivaldi's rarely heard Concerto for Strings, Cembalo and Two Mandolins. As always, the critics found fault here and there?his extraordinary gyrations have earned him, in some quarters, a reputation as the Presley of the Podium?but no one could deny Conductor Bernstein's virtuosity. He is the first U.S.-born conductor with a major international reputation...
...Sullivan faced a problem in planning last week's show, but he made a decision worthy of Solomon. The problem: Trendex was to take its monthly rating, and that called for an appearance by TV's tested rating tonic, Elvis ("The Pelvis") Presley. Yet Presley's pelvis-wagging in his last appearance on the Sullivan Show had raised a howl from many viewers. The solution: Sullivan cut Elvis in half; i.e., his cameras televised Presley exclusively above the belt, so that only the shrill of studio fans signaled the action below. Sullivan won a Trendex rating...
Tooling up to a Memphis induction center in his li'l ol' unpretentious cream-colored Cadillac, Dreamboat Groaner Elvis Presley, a hulking 21, went bravely inside, peeled off his inconspicuous scarlet and black jacket and other trappings, permitted medicos to examine him. The doctors' verdict: a fine broth of a lad, pelvis and all, eligible for drafting-probably to serve in some special services division, tote some such gone weapon as a guitar. Before rolling off in his Caddie, Elvis allowed that the intelligence test he had taken was a breeze. Groaned the bobby-soxers' golden...
...says that when Spiegel tells readers about the U.S., it gives them a look into their future. In the past three years Der Spiegel has run 27 cover stories on U.S. subjects, ranging from politics to industry, from the tribulations of Autherine Lucy to the gyrations of Elvis Presley. Last week's Der Spiegel printed a five-column article on aerial photography, concluded that its own skeptical view of Eisenhower's "open-skies" proposal for arms inspection is no longer justified, since the program is now technically "capable of realization...
...AUGUST. Presley sings in Boston and thirty-seven mice stage a mass escape from the psycho labs beneath Mem Hall. Presley receives his draft notice and mass suicides follow. Russia gives Cecil B. DeMille rights to produce a film about the October revolution on location. Hemingway and Faulkner go on a fishing trip in the West Indies, come back with a new book entitled, "Beards, Booze, and Old Time Religion." Report sighting strange figure on raft, nude to waist, brandishing harpoon...