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When an apparently splendid marriage goes on the rocks, it sets people to wondering just what brought about the tragedy. All last week, people who knew Anne and Henry Ford-and many of those who didn't-were pondering the chain of events that led the U.S.'s most prominent industrial boss to legal separation-and to what seemed likely to be a European rendezvous with a hand some Italian divorcee named Christina Austin...
...aptitude or of initial achievement, or some combination of measures of both." Whew. Actually, the point is that "scientific" testmakers can not yet measure the human variables that affect academic success in school and college. Thorndike's book deserves to be read - or translated. It's a splendid task for the stouthearted non-scholars of Washington University...
...CENTRAL CITY OPERA FESTIVAL (June 29-July 27). Back in its 19th century heyday, when gold and silver were being dug out of its mountains, Central City, Colo., was the roaring capital of "The Little Kingdom of Gilpin." Its lusty miners built a splendid stone opera house and imported their music along with beans, bacon, and mining tools. But in time the gold went out of the Golden West and Central City became a near ghost town. Then 32 years ago, the old opera house was restored...
With his waddling walk and jolly demeanor, pudgy Sevilla-Sacasa does not look very ambassadorial, but he has splendid qualifications for the deanship: a lot of pocket money, a large capacity for cocktails, an imperturbable stomach, a gift for small talk and a good memory. He takes his deanly duties seriously. "Thirty years ago," he clucks, "diplomats were expected to be aware of all phases of diplomacy before they came to Washington. Not so today. They need help, and this is what I am here for." One highly important help is Sevilla-Sacasa's method for introducing a newly...
Cleopatra. As the Serpent of the Nile, Elizabeth Taylor hisses and shows her fangs; she also shows her bangles and her bosom, but little indication that she knows what made Cleo slither. If Rex Harrison is splendid as the urbane Caesar, Richard Burton is disappointing as the befuddled Antony who confuses lust with love...