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...great romantic literature of the piano he brought all the devouring delight that in youth he had lavished on la vie Parisienne. The years since have only whetted his appetite. "The performer's life is a gift from heaven," says Rubinstein. "Making music is pure joy, like making love...
...last moment of collegiate competition. Vie Niederhoffer retained the Foster Cup and his University title yesterday afternoon, beating Bob Hetherington of the Divinity School...
...grumbled loudly about its damage to their pay packets. In Italy, where the government has launched an unpopular austerity drive to halt rising prices, the man in the street has found a new scapegoat in la cara vita. And the French, who love to complain, moan relentlessly about la vie chere. In any language, inflation is Europe's foremost economic preoccupation-and the problem that most threatens its extended boom...
...flavor of Foxy, which borrows its name and some threads of plot from Ben Jonson's Volpone. Double-crossed by three rascally pals, Prospector Lahr gets his revenge by pretending that he is at death's door, with a fortune in nuggets to bestow. His greedy victims vie desperately with one another to show their love for Lahr. One of the sourdoughs, after snapping up a comely virgin for $33,000 on the Yukon's bullish bride market, even offers Bert the jus primae noctis. As for the gift, red-haired Julienne Marie, her wistful eyes...
...Vie Hausner, outgoing president of the Brandeis Student Council, said last night that any formal Council objection to the ruling would be withheld until next week. He suggested, however, that there were "thousands of plans for protest, some sophisticated and intelligent, and others...