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After seeing its opening performance Monday, I cannot help comparing the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet with its parent group which came to Boston last year. Although the former does not boast any prima ballerinas, it is far from second rate. Perhaps its is the corps' youthful enthusiasm and lively imagination which inspires their lithe, confident movement. The male dancers are especially agile and graceful, and the group in general shows versatility seen too infrequently in classical ballet...
...happy day for Beverley when the Dispatch dispatched him on an interview with Prima Donna Nellie Melba, to get her views on a currently newsy murder. They became good friends; she introduced him to high society, and he, in return, tried to write her autobiography for her. He found it hard sledding...
Under the existing laws the bookseller is held responsible for any libelous matter in a book he sold, and if a suit were brought, the seemingly innocent "advice" by the commissioner could be--and doubtless would be--considered prima facie evidence against the bookseller. On the evidence that the bookseller had been warned of a book's libelousness, the court could judge him guilty. Such subtle suppression is dangerous the bookseller cannot read all books and therefore must depend on the state for advice. In so doing, however, the seller cannot determine whether the state's advice is accurate...
...telegram to Mrs. Meisner Wayne president David D. Henry stated that her attitude indicated "either an unreasonable refusal to cooperate or a prima facie admission of criminal action on her part...
...brain was storming. "I didn't see how I could be in the right mood." But as soon as she was off, her nerves and muscles took over. Given the favorite No. 4 starting position, she swooped down the tricky course with the easy grace of a prima ballerina. As usual, she looked as if she were loafing, even as she made a final flick with her ski pole to break the electric-eye photo timer at the finish. But the knowing crowd, recognizing speed when they saw it, cheered her effortless descent, cheered again as she fell into...