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Arthur Rudolph was one of 118 top German scientists, including his longtime friend Wernher von Braun, who were secretly brought to the U.S. at the end of World War II. Later made manager of the Saturn V project in Huntsville, Ala., he led the development of the rocket that first took men to the moon. An American citizen since 1954, Rudolph was honored by NASA in 1969 with its most prestigious award, the Distinguished Service Medal...
...spite of such difficulties, the completed movie was pronounced the best of all filmed operas by Conductor Herbert von Karajan. The Russian people have been deprived of seeing even one scene. Like all films and recordings of Vishnevskaya's performances, Katerina Izmailova is banned in its native country. So is this book. Westerners are not so unfortunate. -By Patricia Blake
...then, an astonishing apparition: the glass capsule abruptly whooshed the Reagans-still waving-skyward, as if it were speeding them back up into the clouds, back into the fleecy, mythic realm from which they had come. A hallucination out of Erich Von Daniken: Elevators of the Gods...
...formed this company because I'm interested in exploring my own feelings and the feelings of the people I'm working with. I think the group has a lot of potential as playwrights, we have the potential to create exciting theater," said von Baeyer...
Exploration of the theatrical mode of expression unifies the project, "What is the relationship between the observer and the performer? What does it mean to portray a character, to create a mood, or tell a story? These are questions we are addressing," said von Baeyer...