Word: two
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stars) started right out applauding H. A. Condell's first-act scenery: his baroque boudoir, hung with Rubensian nudes, could hardly have been more apt. The Marschallin's monologue, sung by Vienna State Opera Star Maria Reining, had them clapping again. But the brightest successes were two U.S.-born girls. One was Virginia Haskins (Sophie), a pert, tiny soprano who made her first hits in the Chicago Opera Co. and on Broadway in Carousel. The other was a shy upstate New Yorker named Frances Bible, who brought boyish poise and brilliant singing to the role of Octavian...
Said he when it was ended: "I'm not tired at all. Let's do it all over again." Ridgefield (pop. 1,500) would be happy if he did. His first benefit concert there two years ago had earned a neat $9,000 for the Ridgefield Library and Historical Association. Last week, with seats selling as high as $50, he raised $15,500 for the library and Ridgefield Boys' Club. . . . . Two other far-famed conductors also made notable first appearances of the season last week...
...sale in drugstores for 35? to 40?, the kit consists of a test tube, a dropper and two reagent tablets. To five drops of urine and ten drops of water, add one tablet. If the solution turns blue, there is no sugar in the urine. If it turns any other color (most likely orange), there is sugar in the urine and a suspicion of diabetes. After that, the next step is to see a doctor...
...Two years ago. a young medical researcher assisting at an operation near the phrenic nerve (which runs from the brain to the diaphragm), got a new idea from watching a well-known reaction. When stimulated, the phrenic nerve makes the diaphragm contract, causing abdominal breathing. Why is it not possible, Dr. Stanley J. Sarnoff asked himself, to stimulate the nerve rhythmically, perhaps electrically, to provide artificial respiration for patients whose breathing apparatus has been upset...
...going to build a 20-story building on Park Avenue at 53rd Street and a $3,000,000 research laboratory in Edgewater, N.J. Everything except manufacturing (25-30% of Lever's total production) would leave Boston by Dec. 1, although the new building would not be ready for two years...