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...found that in places where musical organizations were voluntary, extracurricular activities, practical music flourished and had a splendid spirit. People were loyal to their organizations and they worked with them well. Individual performance was often of a very high order. On the contrary, where practical music was accredited as a part of the curriculum, there was apt to be far less enthusiasm, and far less accomplishment and loyalty," Thompson said...
...rubbing the nose (questioning ancestry), tugging at the ear (questioning male virility) or fondling the back of the ear (alluding to pederasty). It is even illegal to stare suggestively at a pretty girl, though every self-respecting Italian male does it. On the other hand, there is one splendid defense: not intentionally getting caught in the act. A silent insult made behind a victim's back may be ruled unintentional, even if it is seen reflected in a mirror or a window...
...canister"), talks baby talk ("Dot a nedache. Dot pagans in my stumjack") and justifies his egotism by spieling off a sermon on world federation or the evils of drink or his own "beautiful soul and sympathetic life story." His object, he piously proclaims, is to create "splendid men and women to work for progress." But when his eldest daughter shows signs of becoming a splendid woman, Sam savagely attempts to destroy her-jeers at her poetry, sneers at her diary and, when all else fails, comes flat out with the awful truth: "You will never leave...
...encouraging as it is surprising, Moreau is everywhere: opposite Burt Lancaster in The Train, Eli Wallach in The Victors, Rex Harrison in The Yellow Rolls-Royce. None of these pictures are really much good-Moreau seems to have wandered in from other, much better movies; but she is splendid in all of them, and her name is spelled out in neon on the biggest and best marquees...
...into New Mexico's Sandia Mountains went three forest rangers, a local lawyer, and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, 66, there for a quick refresher course in outdoor living. At 10,000 ft., the view from the top was "splendid," but on the way down through Cibola National Forest, bitter cold, high winds and 15-ft. drifts from a sudden snowstorm turned the nightwalk into a nightmare. It took them nine hours instead of the usual five to negotiate six miles on snowshoes, edging their way down the steep switchback trails sideways like crabs. "We all had spills...