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TIME'S Denver bureau is now six years old. In keeping with Denver's increased postwar activity and tempo and with its strategic location on the transcontinental transportation and communications lanes, TIME Inc. has also transferred some of its publishing functions there. At present 133 TIME Inc. employees are working at the job of fulfilling and servicing subscriptions for FORTUNE magazine (U.S. and foreign) and for the International editions of TIME and LIFE - a job that, in effect, links Denver with 180 countries and possessions around the world to which our magazines...
...style that would reveal the emotions of the matador at work and tell what is happening in the arena. In describing the fight, the author presents the thoughts and feelings of the matador. At times, it is difficult to tell exactly what the bull has done, but the rapid tempo and the strong emotional grip of this description make up for the factual problem...
...were spoken far too quickly in many cases, and some niceties of the language could not be appreciated. (Cries of "Tardius!" came from last night's audience, and the troupe will probably take the hint tonight.) In fact, perhaps the whole performance is keyed at slightly too fast a tempo; but that is far better than dragging...
Ending with Sousa's "The Thunderer," the Band put life into a tune that is constantly mauled by grade school groups. Fine tempo and a well-controlled brass section brought out the better parts of Sousa...
They got used to the easy Mexican tempo and to the admiring friends who gather round Rivera wherever he appears. His courtesy and rocklike equanimity in answering every question Eliot and Mrs. Brine put to him were most impressive. Rivera, in turn, was impressed by Mrs. Brine's almost continuous note-taking. Whenever she stopped recording his conversation, it worried him. Once, when she paused for a rest during a discussion of Rivera's experiences in the U.S., he gestured toward her notebook. "No," she explained, "we can't possibly print everything...