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...Disappointing Van Dyck. At 8 p.m., Auctioneer Louis J. Marion, his English as Tammany and his French as fractured as ever, took his place behind his rostrum, admitting that he had seldom been more nervous. As cameras flashed, the sale began with a portrait by the 16th century Dutch painter Jan Mostaert. A portrait by Van Dyck went for a disappointing $27,000, which was $53,000 below the Parke-Bernet estimate. On the other hand, a splendid Princess Sibylle of Cleves, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, was bought by Thomas Agnew & Sons of London for $105,000, about twice...
Professor Lingane was handed a note explaining the situation as he entered the classroom. He was delayed for some ten minutes, after which he took the rostrum to expose the hoax. While he was making his announcement one of the "proctors" stood at the blackboard behind him marking off the time which remained for completing the exam...
...gleaming white uwe, a kind of nightshirt decorated with lace, Nigeria's delegate made quite a sight on the rostrum of the U.N. General Assembly. And his words made quite a stir among the assembled delegates. "I am losing confidence in the great powers," cried chubby Jaja Wachuku, lambasting both East and West for failing to end their quarrels. "They are climbing from the pedestal of greatness to the pedestal of insanity. We expect leadership from them; they give us destruction. We expect wisdom from them; they give us lack of knowledge. We expect objectivity from them; they present...
University of Chicago Law School Graduate Abraham Ribicoff (cum laude, 1933) glanced through the program of the American Council of Education's annual meeting just before taking the rostrum for his address as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. The purpose of the Washington session, said the brochure, was to stimulate cooperation in education-and Ribicoff laughed sourly. Tossing aside his canned speech, he began scolding the presidents and deans of some 1,000 colleges. "I don't think you really care about education or are going to do anything about it. I don't know that...
Slowly, with dignity, dapper little Mongi Slim of Tunisia walked up the seven steps to the green marble rostrum and took his seat as president of the United Nations' 16th General Assembly. Before him were the diplomats who had elected him, a motley crowd of delegates from every corner of the world. "It is hard for me to express the great grief I experience," said President Slim, speaking in French. "The Secretary-General of the United Nations fell a victim to his duty. He died, one might say, on the battlefield of peace...