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...million was probably more money than Russell had seen in some time. His last movies, The Boy Friend, The Music Lovers and Savage Messiah, were flops for a while, Mahler had trouble finding a distributor, reportedly because of a unique piece of Russelliana: a scene showing Cosima Wagner, the master's fascist widow, goose-stepping over Catholic Convert Mahler...
...Gregory R. Wagner '69, the association's secretary-treasurer, said yesterday the interns and residents were "resorting to a legal means" to begin a dialogue with city officials and the hospital administration on several issues, including working hours and salaries...
...Wagner, Moyer, and Worthen all emphasized that they were expressing their personal views of the situation, and were not speaking for the association, which has not yet held a policy meeting...
There are about 40 interns and residents working at the hospital. The Labor Relations Commission requires 30 per cent of a prospective bargaining unit to sign the application petition, and Wagner said yesterday their petition had more than the required signatures...
...year 1876 approached, the Women's Centennial Committee, led by Philadelphia Socialite Mrs. Elizabeth Gillespie, raised substantial sums for a proper cultural salute. The committee boldly offered Richard Wagner $5,000 for an occasion piece. Wagner accepted, perhaps because he was going broke mounting the first Ring cycle. He also hoped "soon to be assured of the American visitors" at Bayreuth. The American festivities opened in Philadelphia, May 10, 1876, with the composer's Centennial March. The work, a turgid blend of bathos and pomposity, turned out to be one of Wagner's very worst...