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Died. Mario Avelino Peron, 64, only brother of Argentina's President Juan Domingo Peron; of peritonitis; in Buenos Aires. Appointed director of the Buenos Aires Zoo by brother Juan in 1946, Mario Perón avoided the spotlight and politics, once said: "I prefer my zoo, where I have all my animals labeled...
...build up their own national ego. And Americans, expecting friendship, are hypersensitive to the needling. Only mutual understanding, MacLennan believes, will resolve the problem: "The Canadian and American national neuroses will continue to howl at one another like a pair of coyotes in the dark until we turn a spotlight on them, examine them, and let them fade into forgotten nightmares...
Always Hopeful. About two years ago, Gloria's urge to stand in the spotlight on her own began to get the best of her-and Leopold as well. Last year, having tried a one-man show of her paintings without conspicuous success, she took a fling at acting in summer stock. Stokowski, who failed to attend her premiere, was notably noncommittal. "I am always hopeful." he said, "for the development of new talent." But last month, as Gloria's New York debut with Franchot Tone in a minor role in The Time of Your Life at the City...
...form for a while; later they faltered, but not so badly as their opponents. On a soggy, rain-soaked court last week in Melbourne's Kooyong Stadium, Australia's Ken Rosewall beat Seixas in the final of the Victorian Tournament, but that did not take the spotlight off floundering Lew Hoad (who had just turned 20 last fortnight). Hoad had barely stumbled through his opening match with Britain's young (20) Roger Becker. Then, in a match with Sweden's Sven Davidson, he eked out a precarious five-set victory. During the second and third sets...
Finally, about twenty minutes late, the orchestra took its place on the platform, the lights dimmed, and a long blue spotlight dipped toward an lights dimmed, and a long blue spotlight dipped toward an entrance. A pause, the Garden erupted with shrieks of glee as a slickly-tuxedoed figure advanced onto the stage. "It's said another, "Is only his brother, George." George stepped onto the podium, the orchestra blared a crescendo and this time even the initiates let loose as the spotlight picked up another tuxedo. All over the arena, carefully-concealed flashbulbs pulsed with white light...