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...Italian army officer and a Russian mother, Rossi did not decide on a singing career until 1943. Up to that time, he meant to be a diplomat. But after a spell in the Italian army he became a partisan liaison man with the Allies, and began to roar out folk songs at soldier parties. He won so much local fame that the mayor of Verona asked him to sing a concert. Since then, Rossi has studied opera with the devotion of a monk. By last year, his big bass had filled every major opera house in Italy and several...
...Medicinal Magic Though losing ground year by year, old Indian beliefs about the magical powers of brujas (witches) are still widespread in Mexico. Awaiting trial in Zaragoza last week were two women and a man who had killed a 19-year-old girl they suspected of casting an evil spell on their house; they had burned her body and scattered the ashes "so that the spirit of witchery would go away...
Miller hopes that continued study of the Juneau Ice Field will add more details to this chronology. It may also predict the future. At present the earth is enjoying a warm spell, with the northern regions more hospitable than they have been in 200 years. But no one yet knows whether the ice is gathering again to creep down out of the north...
...Director Stevens, whose firm grip is on every foot of A Place in the Sun. Stevens' unerring timing, and his skill at filling any situation with the last shade of emotion and meaning, enable him to direct the picture at a deliberately slow pace that still weaves a spell without dragging for a moment...
Screen-Porch Manner. Comfortably stationed before a 3-by-4-ft. map of the U.S., Youle starts out with a quick survey of local conditions ("Did you notice that sun today? It's going to stick around for a spell"), sketches in symbols for his predictions (e.g., a sun for fair weather). Then he branches out to cover the outlook for most of the U.S., tells why weather forecasts sometimes go wrong, how a barometer works ("It's just a scale for weighing the air above it"), explains the theory of weather fronts ("When warm air comes into...