Word: sidney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lives in London and goes home only for visits, but Sidney Nolan, 46, remains as Australian as the emu or the lyrebird. In his country's bustling art world, he has the widest range and the most lyrical touch. "The common denominator of all of us Australian painters," he says, "is a concern with the figure in a landscape. It seems a peculiarly Australian trait, and I think it gives a poignancy to all our work...
...performance towers over all the others: Sidney Goldfarb, who plays Smith, the town's brick-maker, has and gives a better time than anybody. Mr. Goldfarb's self-assurance and gusto are limitless. He really can't sing, but whatever he does with a song, I like it; he really can't dance, but I value his twist beyond measure...
...Wilms's tumor, a cancer that attacks the kidneys of children and is often fatal, is yielding to new treatment. Reporting at the Cancer Society seminar, Dr. Sidney Farber of Children's Hospital in Boston said that radiotherapy and surgery had previously been effective in 40% of cases, but in the other 60% death usually resulted because the malignancy spread to the lungs. Now an antibiotic (Actinomycin D) has been brought into the battle and, combined with surgery and radiotherapy, the drug has raised the apparent survival rate...
...Turks at Acre, and limped back to Cairo with only half his army. In the second battle of Abukir, the French slaughtered 9,000 Turks, but suffered almost 1,000 casualties, which the dwindling French forces could not afford. "A few more victories like this." boasted British Commodore Sir Sidney Smith to Nelson, "will annihilate the French army.'' It was never annihilated, but a year and a half after Napoleon returned to France, the French negotiated a truce and then withdrew...
...seventh and last reading of works in progress in Lamont Library will feature new poems by Elizabeth Jackson Barker of the Radcliffe Institute and Sidney Goldfarb, '64, Pegasus of the Harvard Advocate. The reading will be held in the Forum Room at 4:30 p.m. today...