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Despite their poor records, however, the Huskies are reported to have enough manpower to create an upset, especially if the varsity gets winded after a period or two. Standouts on the team are Ed Kerr in the goal and Dick Cavanaugh at center.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Sextet Favored to Win Tonight's Match Against Huskies | 2/5/1957 | See Source »

West Germany, a nation without a single operating newspaper at war's end, last week boasted 1,497 dailies and greater press freedom than at any other time in its history. As newspapers throughout the country noted their tenth anniversaries, they reported that circulation (total: 17.3 million) and advertising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The First Decade | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

Bruckner represents Vienna to the longhair almost as fully as Johann Strauss does to the waltzer. An organist-teacher who knew and idolized Richard Wagner,* Bruckner was remarkably prolific (eleven symphonies) but never won wide popularity, has only a handful of dedicated champions in the U.S. His critics feel that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cruising with the Viennese | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

New Deal. The Maulas who inhabit Monsarrat's island are a grave, long-winded, humorless people, including urbanized zoot-suiters down at the port and taboo-ridden jungle men up north. The older Maulas are courteous and profoundly conservative-content with the hope that their chief will one day...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Road to Hell | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

There are few operas more consistently delightful than The Barber of Seville. Fashioned from Beaumarchais' sprightly comedy of aristocratic highjinks, the libretto is succinct and funny. Rossini's music fits perfectly, being gay, tuneful, and happily short-winded.

Author: By Stephen Addiss, | Title: The Barber of Seville | 11/16/1956 | See Source »

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