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...people converse (one-sidedly) with their visitors, and eventually the room is filled with an illusory crowd peopling row upon row of real chairs. The nonagenarians are continually pushed back by the aisles of people/emptiness, until the man stands alone on what has become the stage of a vacant theater. As he else-where uses eggs or rhinoceroses, Ionesco here uses chairs to create a physical situation that dwarfs and isolates the individuals remaining on his stage...
...Baedekers preparing for a fourth trip, when he suddenly canceled the safari because of "urgent business at home," In fact, the cancellation came on orders from State Secretary Dean Rusk, who is concerned by over-the-budget spending at Foggy Bottom, has ordered 500 positions eliminated as they become vacant. Under such circumstances, decided Rusk, Soapy Williams had done enough African sightseeing...
...Cantata 51: the gladsome rejoicing of the first aria and the concluding Allelujal, and the quiet, more personal reflections of the second aria and chorale. Accordingly, the orchestra was made to dwindle to the bare continuo in this more intimate section, and Mr. Woodworth himself retired quietly to a vacant chair--somewhat disconcerting abdication in any other concert perhaps, but with Miss Addison as soloist (she who can quell Roger Voisin), there is no discontinuity. She moved from joy to introspection with assurance: and both halves of this bisected cantata joined smoothly into a commanding whole...
...Cavanagh insisted that Detroit had a chronic unemployment problem (current rate: 10%, v. the national average of 6.8%). He charged that industry was pulling out of the city. He claimed that the number of vacant housing units in the city jumped from 9,407 in 1950 to 38,362 in 1960. He cited a report of the nonprofit Citizens' Research Council that predicted that Detroit would have a municipal deficit of $15 million in 1961-62. "Detroit has serious problems and the mayor won't admit it," said Cavanagh. "What about the neighborhoods where people are worrying about...
...George A. Roberts, 42, was named president and chief executive officer of Vanadium-Alloys Steel Co. of Latrobe, Pa., filling posts left vacant by the recent death of James P. Gill. A Carnegie Tech graduate and an expert in metallurgy, Dr. Roberts was previously the company's vice president for technology, directed the development of important heat-resistant alloys for use in the skins of missiles and supersonic aircraft...