Word: wagnerism
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...York Mayor Robert F. Wagner asserted last night that the Supreme Court's recent reapportionment decision would help the cities in their fight to secure relief for urban problems. The Mayor dwelled on his own trouble as a Democratic mayor pitted against a "Republican state legislature dominated by rural districts and interests...
...YDCHR will present the Hon. Robert F. Wagner, Mayor of New York, speaking on the Supreme Court Re-Districting Decision and New York politics, at 8 p.m. tonight, Quincy House Dining Room...
...week the New York Times solemnly reported on Page One the fact that an unnamed pollster (it was, in fact, Lou Harris, who has made a profitable career out of conducting polls for Democratic hopefuls) had just completed a survey indicating that New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner could beat Republican Nelson Rockefeller for Governor this year. The poll showed Wagner leading Rocky by 43% to 41%, with 16% undecided...
According to one recent study. New York City should be spending twice as much on schools. But a new board of education (the old one was deposed last year after school construction scandals) is stymied. Mayor Robert F. Wagner proposes to spend $525 million for fiscal 1962-63, a gain of only $69 million, which precludes big pay raises. When the union balked last week, Wagner suddenly charged Governor Nelson Rockefeller with trimming expected state aid. Teachers, feeling trapped in a politicians' squabble, got angrier yet. Not until after the strike did Rockefeller find an extra $13 million...
...Trojans (TIME, June 17, 1957). A firm believer in the equal importance of acting and singing. Vickers is passionate and convincing as Otello, Don Jose in Carmen, Florestan in Fidelio and Siegmund in Die Walkure. His big, shining voice, surging over the orchestra, would seem ideal for Wagner, but Vickers is in no hurry to become a Heldentenor. "I love Wagner," says he, "but I want to sing for 25 years, not ten. German exploits the voice." Many of his colleagues apparently share his feeling: no truly great Heldentenor has appeared since Melchior retired (although the Hungarian Sandor Konya shows...