Word: um
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Germans, believe Rehder and Twaddell, are a simple, happy affluent people. They are gemuetlich. They live in small, unnamed towns (each one has one Post--links um die Ecke--two Hotels--of which one is ein gut buergerliches Haus--and a Bahnhof--geradeaus). Their names are, primarily, Schmidt, Steinhauer, Limberger and Reiff. Their men are proud of various civic monuments; their women are proud of their TVs and VWs; they all gossip an awful lot; none of them ever mentions World...
...leapt a tenth with suppressed intensity, then faded out as a typically Mahlerian falling cello line, blending with the oboe high above, came to rest in a hushed cadence. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! was most consistently well performed here with precision and urgency; on the other hand, Um Mitternacht did not find even Miss Forrester compellingly moving until its dramatic ending. In any case, the results well justified their ambitiousness. Hats off to the HRO for their attempt...
...NACIONAL of Caracas: Semi-colonial peoples have never managed to emancipate themselves without counting on the rivalries be tween great powers. The U.S.S.R. oc cupies for us today the place England had when Simon Bolivar cut the um bilical cord that tied us to Spain. We would not be worthy if we did not take advantage of that reality...