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...Prades' Church of St. Pierre in the French Pyrenees, every pew, aisle and choir stall was crammed with hushed listeners. As the last tones of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata for Soprano and Bass, No. 32 floated away, there was silence. Then, in an unexpected gesture, the tall, white-haired Bishop of Perpignan arose, raised his hands and gave the first clap, signaling an end to the church ban on applause. As bald little Pablo Casals bowed from the podium, the 2,000 listeners clapped so thunderously that a piece of plaster shook loose from the high roof...
...front. In practice, they were dead set against any real German participation, e.g., German membership in the North Atlantic Treaty. As politicians, almost all of them still believed that damning the boche was the cheapest way of getting votes in France. A week before, they had instructed Schuman to stall on the whole issue. But now Schuman said: "J'ai quelque chose ici" . .[I have something here...
...confused with a helicopter. The helioplane is a high-wing, 145-horsepower airplane with an over-large propeller, that can take off and land in an area the size of a large tennis court, can fly as slow as 27 miles per hour in perfect control, and cannot stall and spin under any circumstances...
...year Dr. Walter has been studying the habits of his pets. He is still unable to predict exactly how they will act. Sometimes they wander happily between two gentle lights, apparently enjoying an occasional change of scenery. Sometimes they get panicky when they hit a difficult obstacle. They may stall, sulk or become wildly agitated, almost as if the frustration were giving them a nervous breakdown...
...Charlotte's ladies in waiting at the court of George III. Her journal gives a picture of the daily life of the sober, dull King and ugly Queen, with their love of housekeeping and bargains. Charlotte rejoiced in a book bought well below cost at a second-hand stall; George loved to beat down the asking price of a load of hay for the royal stables...