Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story of the old woman who had been beheaded on Chen's order, he cried, "Really, it's hard to be kind to such people. We must make an example!" No heavy sword or ax could be found. A bayonet was considered, then rejected. Finally a heavy, short-bladed sickle, used to harvest wheat, was fashioned into an executioner's tool. While fellow informers watched, Hunchback Chen's head was hacked...
Visitors accustomed to the sharp, snappy shots that cram the pages of picture magazines and camera annuals might wonder why critics rate Stieglitz the greatest artist in the short history of photography. The answer lay in the pictures, but it was not on the surface. Stieglitz had never resorted to trick camera angles and darkroom shenanigans for their own sake, never searched out dramatic subjects. His art called for consistent understatement...
...many young violinists who feel called, Isaac Stern was one of the chosen. He had faced the fearsome scrutiny of New York critics in a Town Hall recital like dozens of other ambitious youngsters every year, and unlike most, he had won the nod. Last week, short, chunky Isaac Stern was back in Manhattan to be the first soloist o'f the season with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony in the an nual summer concerts in Lewisohn Sta dium. To his native gifts, which he would be the last to call genius, he had added the three...
...yards. Both pitched up to within 25 feet of the pin, though Worsham was still off the green. It looked like another playoff unless either sank a long one. Worsham shot first; his ball hit the right edge of the cup and bounced out. Snead's putt was short. Officials got out a tape measure: Snead's ball was 30½ inches away; Worsham's was 29½ inches. Without any green-reading, Sammy putted quickly. He missed the cup by two inches. Once again hard-luck Sammy Snead had blown the championship. Young Lew Worsham stepped...
...resident of Cambridge, Edmonds is an author of historical novels and more recently he has turned to the field of history proper. His novels and short stories have dealt primarily with the pioneers of upstate New York...