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Though a professed atheist, Shaw was possessed by an evangelical passion. He was convinced that if spiritual power could be harnessed to material power, man would be transformed into a higher order of being. That is at the core of Major Barbara, which is being given a top-notch revival at Manhattan's Circle in the Square Theater. The motto of the Salvation Army is "Blood and Fire." Shaw paradoxically translates this into "Money and Gunpowder...
Cheered on by a spirited home crowd, Harvard played top-notch hoop and recorded its first victory ever over Princeton...
...Lawrence's Nightmare. The Writer and his Circle of Friends in the Years of the Great War. By Paul Delaney. (Basic, $15.95). Has Lawrence ever had a pleasant dream? Lawrence's wartime miseries are handled skillfully in this top-notch depiction of a full generation of British writers...
Jenkins is unique among the few top-notch violinists that jazz has produced. Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti have been the instrument's two most successful improvisors, each using a fluid instrumental technique that can approach the offhand fluency of a saxophone or trumpet. Jenkins is the most violinistic violinist in improvised music; his effective use of double-stops (two notes bowed together), rapid bowing, and pizzicato techniques places him much closer to the classical violin tradition than any of his predecessors in jazz...
More freestylers were needed to strengthen the relays and allow flexibility in lineup decisions. But the most glaring necessity was to find a top-notch, preferably world-class breaststroker. This year's freshman class promises to fill all of these gaps, and more...