Word: songs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heaving speech of air, a summer sound Repeated in a summer without end And sound alone. But it was more than that, More even than her voice, and ours, among The meaningless plungings of water and the wind . . Whatever self it had, became the self That was her song, for she was the maker. Then we, As we beheld her striding there alone, Knew that there never was a world for her Except the one she sang and, singing, made...
...other guests laughed. But then, ever the practiced diplomat, he remembered the demands of the day, and got happy. Later, Mikoyan danced an Armenian folk dance in the center of a group of singing diplomats and Russians, led by Bolshoi Theater stars. Molotov and Khrushchev sang old Russian folk songs, and First Deputy Premier Kaganovich got so emotional over a song called I Met You that he had to wipe the tears from his eyes...
...frown is visible not far behind the smile. Although many Western newsmen have been granted temporary visas to Moscow in the last two months (TIME, July 4), at least half a dozen recent requests for visas have not been acted upon. Last week Pravda slipped into its familiar theme song that the "common people" of the West want peace, but their wishes are often frustrated by the "ruling circles." And London's Communist Daily Worker made a shocking revelation: "Children on farms in the U.S. customarily work very hard, and some boys and girls...
...more than a month worshipers at Nishi-arai prepared a welcome. Special sutras (prayers) were composed, hundreds of streamers and leaflets were distributed throughout Tokyo. A 13-year-old girl wrote a song, The Bell That Came Home. Borne in colorful procession through Tokyo's streets, the tsurigane was greeted by a chanting crowd of 10,000. Chief Priest Hamano broke into unashamed sobs of happiness during his speech, and the U.S. Air Force band joined in the welcome by playing When the Saints Go Marching In. To mark the return of the tsurigane, the temple last week restored...
...left his queen at home, and by helicopter hastened out to the royal yacht Britannia, happy to escape temporarily from Buckingham pomp and ceremony. At sundown on each racing day bluebloods and commoners alike thronged Cowes's pubs or gathered on boats to roar out a night of song and story over Scotch and pink...