Word: vladimires
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russians, then changed its mind. After an all-night teletype discussion between Vienna, Washington, Paris and General Lucius Clay's headquarters in Berlin, it was decided, on the precedent of the Kasenkina case, that the Russians would not be handed over to the Red army. Colonel General Vladimir Kurasov, Russian commander in Austria, searched four days for the missing plane, finally learned its whereabouts. He demanded that the men be returned. Air Force authorities offered a compromise: Kurasov's representative could see for himself whether they were being held against their will. Both sides would abide...
Arturo Toscanini & NBC Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). First of an all-Brahms series. Piano soloist: Vladimir Horowitz...
Meanwhile, amid these half-hidden battles, life has some compensations for Ana. Her two daughters Marie and Tania (both in their early 20s) are with her. She is very proud of Marie, who was educated in France under Maurice Thorez' care. Her son Vladimir is a lieutenant in the Rumanian army. Sometimes Ana leaves a meeting saying: "I must go now to get supper for my children...
Dogged, deliberate Quist beat the erratic No. 2 Czech, Vladimir Cernik, with little trouble, 6-2, 13-11, 6-0. Then wiry little Billy Sidwell, 28, went up against Jaroslav Drobny, 27, Europe's best. Billy's backhand was in perfect control, and he tantalized the left-handed Czech with frequent line placements on his left side. Between sets, Sidwell sat down to catch his breath, keeping Drobny waiting, and picked himself up with great deliberation whenever he slipped on the dewy grass. Uncharitable spectators figured that the Australian was just grandstanding; but insiders knew that Sidwell...
...learned to read music-and improvise. His parents did not want him to be a musician. They packed him off to the University of St. Petersburg to study law-but only after Igor got their permission to study harmony on the side. At the university, Igor made friends with Vladimir Rimsky-Korsakov, and showed his compositions to Vladimir's famous father ("Alas! The way he received some of my first attempts . . ."). From Rimsky an admiring Stravinsky learned the techniques of orchestration. Stravinsky sent his scores to Rimsky for criticism, including an orchestral fantasy called Fireworks, which he had written...