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...chorus and orchestra. Like the Siefried Idyll, it is pretty and pleasant, but dull. More than most composers, Brahms wrote music that varied from the great to the mediocre, and this piece is not one of his best. The performance was up to the music, competent, but a bit yawn-inducing...
...seven years the giant shadow of Charles de Gaulle has all but blacked out the Frenchman's interest in domestic politics. Hence the giant yawn that greeted De Gaulle's announced intention to succeed himself in the first direct presidential election in France since 1848. The nation seemed in for a pointless campaign and another seven years' imperium. But suddenly last week the picture changed. As the official two-week campaign got under way, De Gaulle's opposition - five candidates in all - proved far more alive and kicking than anyone had anticipated...
Perhaps at one time or another, the two of us are all of those. Sometimes we take to the streets, sometimes we yawn through interminable meetings, sometimes we talk with white men in their homes and offices...Sometimes we confront the posse, and sometimes we hold a child. Sometimes we stand with men who have learned to hate and sometimes we must stand a little apart from them...
Kettleson, too, did a fine job with the music, though I wish his voice had been stronger. Weber sung less brilliantly, but played with more convincing gusto. Randolph Lindel (Sveglioto) and Martin Wishnatsky (Giovinetto) performed their sneeze-yawn duet with suitable enthusiasm...
...Wide Yawn. With all its natural attractions, New Zealand hopes to attract more foreign tourists. Only 113,000 visited New Zealand last year (15,000 of them Americans), and most of them have to fly prop planes from Australia or Fiji to get there. So far, there has been little reason to come: most New Zealand hotels are dilapidated, service is poor, almost all bars close at 6 p.m. daily, there is practically no night life and a New Zealand Sunday is one wide yawn. The government is determined to improve matters, hopes that it can raise tourist income from...