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...pamper himself a little, so he and his wife went off on a three-day holiday to celebrate. Off to New York City they went, to enjoy the bright magic of the town-the many-splendored hotels, the glittering shows, the restaurants, the incredible traffic and the cockeyed tempo, the funny things and the sad things that always seem to happen to people. They took a $50-a-day suite at the Plaza, and set out to have themselves a fine time...
Throughout the rehearsal sessions, Toscanini's voice can be heard explaining, correcting, cajoling, scolding. Sometimes, when he attempts to convey his feelings for the music, language fails him. "Mozart," he cries, "must be allegro. It must smile! Allegro not only with the tempo but with this!"-and he resoundingly slaps his face. At times he speaks like a counseling father: "I don't believe that to be a great man one needs to play only Wagner or Beethoven. Play also Traviata as you are best able to play. I like this music as I like Mozart...
...Constitution, is to ensure equal representation in Congress. The earliest census fixed the ratio at one representative for each 33,000 people, gave the House 105 members. The ratio kept changing through the years, un til 1929 when Congress froze maximum House membership at 435 (raised tempo rarily to 437 with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii) and fixed representation merely by dividing the population by that number: in 1950, it was one member for 345,000 people...
...test its ability to go over to a war tempo, and to convince Congress that it needs modernization, MATS mounted a 14-day, $10.6 million "Operation Big Slam." Into Puerto Rico's sun-soaked Ramey Air Force Base and Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, from 14 fields as far off as Hickam in Honolulu (6,000 miles), some 250 MATS planes began lifting 20,530 troops and 11,150 tons of gear. Last week Ramey roared with a take-off or landing every 3¼ minutes (Berlin airlift average: one every three minutes). Up to 101 planes were...
Warren's passion for accuracy was felt at the Met. He offered advice to conductors, directors, photographers, engineers and other singers. Several seasons ago, when he disagreed with the conductor's tempo during a Verdi opera, he grabbed the man by the throat and announced: "If you don't stick to the proper tempo, so help me I'll walk off the stage...