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...awaiting inspection; principal singers stirred hardly at all, and when they did, it was with the slow, deliberate movements of dream figures. The audience loved it, loudly bravoed Conductor Karl Böhm and Mezzo-Soprano Christa Ludwig. But the real star of the evening was not there: Richard Wagner's grandson Wieland...
...surprising thing is not that a majority of New Yorkers now tell pollsters that they disapprove of the mayor's performance, but that only 51% of them feel that way. Unpopularity is, after all, an occupational hazard of New York mayors; even Lindsay's bland predecessor, Robert Wagner, a Democrat in a city with a 7-to-2 Democratic registration edge, had 53% of the voters against him, according to a poll taken toward the end of his third term. The high hopes built up by a fresh new face made a letdown inevitable. Lindsay was, says Wagner...
...gift of self. All the greatest presents bear him out, whether it is Cleopatra offering herself to Caesar wrapped in a rug, or-on a more spiritual plane-the Juggler of Our Lady giving all he has: his little art. Not everyone can offer his own composition, as Richard Wagner did when he gave the Siegfried Idyll to his wife. But the art of giving would be immensely enhanced if more people today took whatever skill and time they had to make gifts themselves...
Springfield was a much better squad than any of Harvard's previous opponents, but they were so cold from the outside that the Crimson could have played much less inspired ball and still have won. The visitors built their offense around 6 ft. 5 in. Paul Wagner, who scored 25 points...
...Wagner was tough to handle at his high post, because he could turn around for a jump shot from the top of the key, or drive in for some fancy, twisting layups...