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Iolanthe Gilbert and Sullivan obviously had a good time satirizing the pomposity of the British House of Lords--the task inspired some of their cleverest lyrics and catchiest melodies. Iolanthe is one of the favorites of G&S aficonsdos--who vie with each other in attempts to render the tongue-twisting Nightmare song-- and the current G&S Society production makes it evident...
Before league competition gets under way, the fencers will participate in the George Breed Memorial Tournament and will vie with perennial powerhouses NYU and CCNY this weekend, matches which should prove accurate forecasters of the season to come...
...next week's contests, Brown (4-1-1) will take on Columbia (2-4) at Providence, Dartmouth (3-2-1) will journey to Princeton (3-3) as both teams vie for a winning record, and Cornell (0-6) will play Penn (1-5) at Philadelphia in a battle to keep out of the Ivy League cellar...
Americans are once again half in love with China. Senators now vie for invitations to Peking. Tourism to the People's Republic has gone from privilege to fad. Chinoiserie is the rage of the boutique. Indeed, in the situation ethics of detente, when President and Premier could chat like old comrades, it seems churlish to recall that the Communist takeover of China once precipitated something close to a national nervous breakdown...
...tower. American artists have always felt more isolated than they really were. Though it has not always understood them, the U.S. middle class has in fact lionized its writers. As for American painters and sculptors, it is now impossible for them to épater les bourgeois. Today the bourgeoisie vie with each other for possession of the most avant-garde gesture. Given this tradition, Warren's fear that creators will suddenly be ostracized seems unduly somber...