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Meanwhile, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter hit town on April 20. I caught them over the summer in Rapid City, South Dakota. He and Jessi ("I'm Not Lisa") are married, but they never sing together. In public, that...
...since the Rhodesian bureaucracy could be effectively ruled for a long time by the white civil servants who have always run it. The council also faces hard decisions about how to bring about the internal settlement's promises of amnesties for guerrillas, the release of political detainees and rapid removal of racial discrimination. Only when Smith has won his referendum from whites-a process that he said last week, to the surprise of his black colleagues, may be delayed for six months-will he be able to tackle these areas of reform...
...according to New Republic legend, is a transposition of Brooklyn Rapid Transit, and was the brainstorm of an editor carrying the very first unsigned column to the Brooklyn printer via subway...
...When at home, relax. My search for mental bubble gum begins with television, a narcotic I deny myself while at school. I am an old movie fanatic. After 11:30 p.m., the television ether ripples with old, older and oldest movies. A good evening at home starts with a rapid scan of the good old New York Times T.V. section for cinematic gems and ends in the wee hours while I chew on unexploded popcorn kernels and await the closing credits. One vacation I spent four nights in a row watching Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers, doubles features. Looking back...
...spirited work which at once satirizes the formalities of eighteenth century classicism and attempts to reconcile them with the more broadly defined harmonic conventions of the twentieth century. It is scored for the highly classical combination of six pairs of winds, timpani and strings, and its transparent orchestration and rapid, exposed passage work require a great deal of precision and technical skill. The orchestra maintained its accuracy while capturing Prokofieff's mischievous spirit; indeed, the musicians' dexterity seemed to increase as they became more inebriated with the wit and humor of the composer. During the rambunctious Finale, with its amazingly...