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...sustain the line as well as he should. He is still effective in declamatory passages, but the many lyric moments are sung roughly. Tebaldi tends to be shrill as Leonora, although parts of her performance are controlled and lovely. The opera itself is uneven, so the singers must sometimes surpass their material. They have only partial success: contralto Giulia Simionato is fine, but basso Cesare Siepi is a disappointment. The best performance comes from baritone Bastianini, making his debut on records. His voice is rich and big, and handled very sympathetically. He contributes the only consistent luster to an otherwise...
...Tree had its greatest glory. President Josiah Quincy severely punished many students for this disturbance--he expelled all but three from the Sophomore Class. This fact alone may explain the subsequent lack of any serious outburst against the administration. More probably, however, students realized they could never hope to surpass the epic struggle of those two months, and so just gave up trying...
Whereas the varsity completely out-skated the B.U. sextet, Boston College can match the Crimson squad almost man for man on the forward line and even surpass it at defense in view of the recent Crimson shifts moving Dan Ullyot and Pete Summers up as wings...
...time, Russia used hard figures, not meaningless percentages. Russian steel production (a mere 4,300,000 tons in 1928) was 45.2 million tons last year, and the 1960 target is 68.3 million tons. Though this falls far short of U.S. 1955 output of 106 million tons, it appears to surpass that of France and Germany combined. The Soviet Union plans to top U.S. coal output next year. If the Russians fulfill their goal of raising national income 60% by 1960, they will have to be at two-thirds of the present U.S. economic strength, and will have achieved the broad...
...feel that anyone who would commit himself to something he does not honestly believe merely for the sake of a few (or even a great many) votes, might do almost anything. Who knows? If he is willing to trade personal belief for votes, he might, if elected, surpass the trading at Yalta. While my vote is not yet for anyone, it is certainly against Stevenson...