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...never dared peep behind Henry VIII for forbears, learned that his line went right back to Richard I, second of the Plantagenets. "There is a very great probability," said Editor Pine last week of the Howe family, "that one of their ancestors came over with the Conqueror . . . I may trace a direct descent from him even before the coronation...
Last week, as Eva beamed, José romped and roared through several performances of Halévy's La Juive, Bizet's Les Pécheurs de perles and Delibes' Lakmé. Maestro Lenzi busied himself trying to trace the s'ource of a sudden sourness in his choral arrangements. At last he pinned it down, called José into his office and fired him. Less than an hour later, Diva Eva tottered in, convulsed in sobs and imploring another chance for the young man. "But he doesn't know the first thing about singing...
Down Beat's issue is packed with dozens of tributes from every quarter of the music compass, from Composer Deems Taylor and Songwriter Cole Porter to Bopster Billy Eckstine and Weeper Johnnie Ray. Learned articles trace his musical history and speculate on his future...
Groundkeepers claim the letters were probably etched out with the use of gasoline. They estimate that the culprits broke into the Stadium around 3 or 4 a.m. Wednesday. But no trace of the etched letters will be visible at today's Davidson contest. Caretakers have already worked over seared patches of grass to obliterate any trace of the damage...
Rhinelander can trace his life's activities in a circle. Born in Cambridge, he majored in Classics and philosophy at Harvard. After graduation, he struck off into law. His trial work during the '30s left him with the habit of pacing up and down while he talks, as if he were before a jury. But Rhinelander soon found the law a bit dull--"no more than fitting together pieces of a jigsaw puzzle." The more abstract fascinations of his former field tugged him back toward Harvard, and just before the war, he took a job in the Classics department...