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Django Reinhardt (Clef LP). French jazz in the modern manner, played by Paris' late guitar favorite and his combo. Softer in texture and drive than U.S. jazz, the selections still have authentic jazz feeling. Included: a frothy little number called Blues...
...professionals in Washington and Paris agree pretty well on this hypothesis: right after Stalin's death, the new regime was wavering between a continuation of Stalin's tough policy and trying out a softer one. The East German riots of June 17 convinced them that softness was taken to be weakness; and Adenauer's success in West Germany convinced them that they would never prevail in a united Germany. Better half a Germany than none: they decided to stand behind their East German puppets, and to dodge any big power conference where the West would be negotiating...
...merchants also blame the mid-west contingent for the recent infatuation with "miracle" fabrics such as dacron and orlon. These synthetic materials are softer than the traditional cloths and retain shape and crease indefinitely. The fabrics are found in shirts; ties, socks and almost every other garment, except for underwear which is tartan this year...
...just $15,000 threatens to impair the effectiveness of the decentralized Deans' office plan which Faculty headaches and dollars designed several years ago. If limited meals for tutors mean Houses working at limited efficiency, surely the University's budget can yield in a softer place. Famous and enriching educational customs should receive some form of budgetary precedence at Harvard, yet even a jump of several dollars in room rents would be a cheap price for restoration of unlimited meals for the tutors...
There were some rather conventional heads; softer, less formal busts, mostly in terra cotta; small plaques, mostly religious in subject; two lead statues, Standing Figure of a Boy and The Bird Boy, both pseudo-Grecian, idealistic pieces. Outshining them all was a bust of Augustus John, a shaggy, forceful bronze that seemed like a quick-frozen hunk of the old man. Said Time & Tide: "A searching interest in humanity . . ." Reported Fiore: "Augustus said I was a master. He may have been a little tipsy at the time, but I think he meant...