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Under Control. A dozen newsmen stampeded for the door to flash the news to their offices. Photographers clambered over bodies and exploded bulbs in the faces of DiSalle and Ching; reporters ran in & out to scratch down answers to a few questions, then phone more of the news to their desks. Cy Ching moaned softly, "If I ever get out of this mess...
When the doctors told him last month to give his heart a rest, San Antonio Symphony Conductor Max Reiter, 45, paused long enough to make sure that the orchestra he had built from scratch (TIME, July 14, 1947) would carry on in good hands. As guest conductor, he recommended Victor Alessandro, 35, Texas-born conductor of the Oklahoma City Symphony. Max Reiter's condition was more serious than he thought; within a week he was dead...
After the curtain went up on opening night, the firing diminished. Bing began with a brand-new production of Verdi's Don Carlo, rebuilt from scratch with brilliant new sets and costumes, and staged by bright Broadway Director Margaret Webster. He quickly followed that with an entirely new mounting of The Flying Dutchman, done almost equally well. To make a full season, Bing had to reach into the standard repertory (and the warehouse) for operas he had had neither time nor money to rebuild, e.g., Tristan, Faust, Trovatore, Traviata. But except for Traviata and Faust, which most critics panned...
...roads and a million refugees alongside. Trucks and jeeps that broke down were not repaired -they were shoved off the road and burned. Said a reconnaissance pilot, looking down on the dreary spectacle of U.S. defeat and retreat: "This hurts. It hurts where I can't scratch...
...metal is then judged on rebounding quality and resonance. This kind of test is necessarily performed in the open, but some are more surreptitious especially those to check the durability of the finish. This calls for chipping off a small piece of the paint, or making a furtive scratch...