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Need to check out a job applicant? Get rid of some electronic bugs? Find out about the extracurricular activities of a wandering mate? Look into a credit rating? Nick Beltrante-a remarkably active private eye-may be your...
...Morris was not, as his detractors suppose, a daft Luddite with pretechnological dreams of a feudal society sans feudal authority. "It is not this or that tangible steam or brass machine which we want to get rid of," he remarked, "but the great intangible machine of commercial tyranny which oppresses the lives of all of us." It was not the machine but its owners who converted skilled into unskilled labor. When Morris advocated "simplicity," he was not calling for a peevish and cloistered asceticism but for a clearing away of inessentials. "I demand a free and unfettered animal life...
...possibility of pennant contention. The fracas that ensued among the local hacks was almost as intense as the dissension within the team. The Post called for the board of directors to dump Grant and manager Joe Frazier; Dick Young in the News said Grant should get rid of Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack, Dave Kingman and the rest of the "crybabies." Venerable Red Smith of the Times thought this indictment of Seaver, a three-time Cy Young award winner, a bit harsh; Young responded by referring to Smith as a sportswriter past his prime...
...Richard Bissell, a former CIA chief of covert operations, coolly describing to Moyers how the White House orders assassinations: "A President typically says he wants to get rid of somebody...
...Tape. The conception by Italian Stage Director Filippo Sanjust was appealingly natural and gimmick free. He does, regrettably, have a tendency to rush his chorus on for its big moments, then get rid of it in a hurry. Despite a few intonation problems in the high range, Soprano Patricia Craig of the New York City Opera made a soulful Lisa. The Italian soprano Magda Olivero brought her legendary stage authority to the role of the Countess, although there is not much left of a once distinctive voice. As the obsessed Herman, Jack Trussel was the highlight of the show. Here...