Word: torches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Newman said yesterday that he would not be "carrying a torch" for either side of the controversy. He said that he had not as yet read Herrnstein's article, and was hoping "mainly to listen...
...musical score has been criticized for being something less, or more, than rock. It is, in fact, an elegant pastiche, swiftly paced and highly styled, that does not sound like show music but has something for everybody: a curtain-raising blues number to loosen up the audience, a winsome torch song sung to the sleeping Jesus by an awed Mary Magdalene, and a campy Charleston-like piece that allows King Herod, outrageously turned out as a transvestite, to make fun of Jesus: "Prove to me that you're no fool, walk across my swimming pool...
Died. Libby Holman, 65, tragedy-plagued torch singer of the 1920s and 30s; in Stamford, Conn. Beauty and an earthy voice propelled her to stardom on Broadway, where she is best remembered for her bluesy renditions of such songs as Body and Soul and Moanin' Low. In 1931 she married Tobacco Heir Zachary Smith Reynolds, who was mysteriously shot to death the following year. Libby was indicted, along with one of Reynolds' friends, but murder charges were dropped for lack of evidence. In 1945 her second husband, Actor Ralph Holmes, died from an apparent overdose of sleeping pills...
...ascension is less a passing of the torch than a changing of the guard and renovation of the guard-house. Pusey is the last of the four top administrators responsible for the April 1969 student strike to resign. Gone already are Fred L. Glimp '50, former dean of the College; Robert B. Watson '34, former dean of Students and now director of Athletics; and Franklin L. Ford, former dean of the Faculty...
...accompaniment of a single piano. Watching from the lip of the Winter Garden's stage, Bolwell said: "I'm amazed by the ability of the performers to provide us with an instant replay whenever we ask for it. They can stop in the middle of a torch song or freeze a high kick without sacrificing one ounce of showmanship...