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...Nathan Hirschberg, a Manhattan attorney, testified in his wife's suit for separation that he used to leave tender notes on her pillow before leaving for work. Sample: "Cherub: Rise and shine. 'Tis a lovely day for a lovely cherub." If he failed to leave a note, said Hirschberg, his wife would cut loose later with "swear words and oaths that would make a seasoned muleskinner envious." Said Cherub: "I remember calling him, nothing worse than a penny-pinching jerk...
...Rain or shine, most spectators will be watching for the "explosion" which both coaches have predicted by either team...
...novel, how to build up climaxes and tighten tensions; he often touches the incongruous by putting much too mature speeches into the mouths of his babes. But most U.S. readers will find in The Sky Is Red, as in such recent Italian films as Open City and Shoe-Shine, a raw and brutal vitality that slicker performances often lack...
...When he went to Clemson Agricultural College he ran on the college cross-country team. He was a determined student who overcame a speech impediment by reading slowly for an hour every afternoon to a patient professor. Once his classmates threw him into the swimming pool for trying to shine up too much to the faculty. After graduation he taught school and began running for political offices. He became county superintendent of education, state senator, county judge...
French ballet glowed dimly under Napoleon, who wasn't much interested (although he took a troupe with him to Egypt). But when Czar Paul asked for a ballet master to teach his gawky but willing subjects, Paris taught St. Petersburg to shine. Now, in its "old age," Paris' Opera Ballet is supported by the French state. Youngsters-ules petits rats de I'Opéra Ballet"-are wards of the government, get their elementary schooling with their pirouettes. Before the company goes back to start its packed performances at home next month, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond...