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This winter's program will offer him a chance to expand even further: later offerings will be Rossini's "A Turk in Italy"--never done here before--and "Carmen," which Goldovsky considers a great opera in spite of the depredations of Rita Hayworth and every other woman who ever held a rose in her teeth...
Peace to all such! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles,and fair Fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to,rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault...
...Turk: "Myself, I'm for democracy...
Last week, King George's Swan Keeper Fred Turk, with four assistants, dutifully and warily rounded up six squawking swans from the Thames at Cookham, packed them off in pairs to hiss and sputter on the odoriferous Tigris at Bagdad. The London News Chronicle muttered sarcastically: "Might help, though...
...developed a grudging respect for him. When he led his formation through the flak, "ordered a 360° turn, made the run all over again, bombed the target with great success, and lost one-third of his crews," he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. When Willie Turk, toughest and touchiest of the pilots, talked out of turn, Harris knocked him out with one punch...