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...Mongol invasion. Next came Scheherazade, with its orgy of writhing dancers, the extraordinary half human, half feline Golden Slave portrayed by Nijinsky, and the unexpected colors of Bakst. That was succeeded by the most famous opening-night brawl in history, when a glittering crowd booed Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Nijinsky, who choreographed the Rite, was forced to stand on a chair backstage and shout instructions above the din. La Belle Epoque was over...
...Catholic population is small in four other nations: heavily Lutheran East Germany (whose Christian daily ran a front-page story on the papal tour); Rumania, where Eastern-rite Catholics were forced into the Orthodox Church in 1948 by the Communist regime; Bulgaria, which now has a full complement of Catholic bishops for the first time in 35 years; and xenophobic Albania, which claims to have exterminated all religion...
...annual rite of Harvard Commencement is responsible for another yearly event--the clogging of area hotels with parents and alumni...
Given her Russian origin, and the fact that two of her roommates are Orientals, Miss Markof-Belaeff could not in good conscience countenance these remarks. Hence she challenged Mr. Holmes to a duel last winter, to be held in May as a kind of rite of spring...
...what has become an annual rite of the Harvard financial scene, the Harvard College Fund announced this week it has again bested its record, topping the $5 million mark in its alumni drive five weeks ahead of last year's record...