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...want me to name in one sentence what is wrong with the modern world," began Russian-born Author Rand in her still noticeable accent, "I will say that never before has the world been clamoring so desperately for answers to crucial problems-and never before has the world been so frantically committed to the belief that no answers are possible." To paraphrase the Bible, the modern attitude is: "Forgive me, Father, for I know not what I'm doing-and please don't tell...
...Seville, As for the choreography-originally by Jean Bercher (1742-1806), known professionally as Dauberval and regarded as the father of comic ballet-Innovator Ashton was almost completely on his own. The only guide he had to the original work was the hazy memory of an oldtime (75) ballerina, Russian-born Tamara Karsavina, who danced the role of Lise in czarist St. Petersburg...
...Gondola. At 60, Russian-born Louis Schweitzer sits atop a colorful legend, built by spending his money both wisely and well. He married Broadway Actress Lucille Lortel in 1931, gave her off-Broadway's Theater de Lys for a 24th anniversary present ( The Threepenny Opera has been running there since 1955); earlier he had built the White Barn Theater in Westport, Conn. To help himself and his wife get around the city, he bought a Mercedes-Benz 190, had it equipped with a meter and a rooftop light, coughed up another $17,000 for a hackie's license...
...Born. To Isaac Stern, 39, Russian-born violinist, and Vera Lindenblit Stern, 32: a second child, first boy; in Manhattan. Name: Michael. Weight...
...road. Among them: a walker who drank 16 pt. of milk en route; a 14-year-old schoolboy; two bowler-hatted, brief-cased, brolly-toting civil servants from Bath. By week's end an R.A.F. technician had got the time down to less than 28 hr. A Russian-born doctor, Barbara Moore, 56, also claimed to have made the trip in under 28 hr., shod in gunny sacks, eating watercress and honey, and carrying her pet tortoise, Fangio by name, who slept on a hot-water bottle. Since no one paced her, her time was not recognized. Undaunted, Vegetarian...