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Born. To Rise (rhymes with Pisa) Stevens, 31, svelte contralto of the Metropolitan Opera and first American in 22 years to sing the exacting role of Philistine Temptress Delilah (in Samson and Delilah); and Walter Szurovy, 33, Hungarian stage and screen actor: their first child, a son; in Hollywood. Name: Nicolas Vincent. Weight...
...Playwright Samson Raphaelson, whose Jazz Singer is a corny version of the life many an Alliance alumnus knows...
...Girdler Way. Few U.S. citizens outside of the steel industry ever heard of Tom Girdler until March 1937, when the battle of "Little Steel" began. When U.S. Steel signed a collective bargaining agreement with C.I.O., then bossed by Samson-haired John L. Lewis, Tom Gird-ler's beady eyes bulged with rage. He writes...
...world police consisting of a truly international force, recruited or drafted from different nations and owing allegiance, in theory at least, to none. Obviously, it would have to be Samson-strong, or else its establishment would have to be linked with a program of general national disarmament...
...courtesans took their opera behind latticed screens. Barbers and hairdressers discussed high Cs with their customers. During one performance of Faust, an expectant mother is said to have turned to her husband, remarking: "Pierre, I do not think I can wait for the ballet." Many a French opera, including Samson, L'Arlésienne and Hérodiade, had a New Orleans première before reaching Manhattan. Then, in 1919, the New Orleans French Opera House burned to the ground...