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...Paris, early in 1937, I was asked if I would pose for Raoul Dufy in his Montmartre atelier for a picture to go into the soon-to-open International Exposition. I gladly accepted, and found that I was to be Archimedes [see cut] in what a studio aide called une peinture qui sera vraiment extraordinaire. Dufy frocked me in a white toga-like affair which had been borrowed from an amateur theatrical group, had me strike the pose he wanted, and then began to slash away with bold strokes ... all the while keeping up a fast line of chatter with...
...hesitant opening remarks completely surprised and delighted the Quebeqois M.P.s, and touched off a great burst of applause. "Mes salutations s'adressent également à mes amis Canadiens qui parlent Français," said Ike. "Je sais que je fais preuve d'une grande témérité en essayant de m'exprimer, si peu soit-il, dans cette langue...
French Orchestral Masterworks (Minneapolis Symphony, Antal Dorati conducting; Mercury). Ravel's Pavane Pour une Infante Défunte and Debussy's Three Nocturnes receive clean, vigorous performances that are a shade too sturdy for their moods of fragile classicism and vaporous impressionism; the orchestra sounds fine in Berlioz' Roman Carnival Overture. Recording: realistic, with a wide range of volume...
...surprise!" says Transcriber Paul Fleuriot de Langle. The papers comprise a diary which records Napoleon's conversations throughout the exile, and a regular summary of daily court life. But everything was written in a private shorthand of hieroglyphic complexity, e.g., "N.a. j. et. d. sa. sal. de bil une Ba; il. dde au Gm. sil sa. ce. q. c'e. C'une ma. de G. il d. dab. q. cest un bal. p. ses enf. Est ce p. ser. a desc. sur un remp...
...stablemates, broke clear at once and led all the way to the final turn. By then, Djeddah had already faded but Coronation charged on to win by four lengths over Double Rose, paying 4-1 francs for 1. Said one dejected infielder as the numbers went up: "Encore une pour le trust [One more for the trust]." The sentimentalists did better: Love Goddess Hayworth's filly paid a handsome...