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...vintage popular tunes (Gus Kahn hits of yesteryear) were sung by Tony Martin on NBC's show of the same name (Mon. 7:30 p.m.). This show, like Eddie Fisher's (Wed. 7:30 p.m., NBC) and Dinah Shore's (Tues., Thurs. 7:30 p.m., NBC), is dominated by a handsome singer who manages to put the imprint of his own personality on the songs he sings. Nonetheless, it is sometimes disturbing to watch the curious expressions on the faces of even these popular singers as they grope for the right note and also try to arrange...
...Sidney Mount (1807-1868), who once noted in hsi diary: "I must paint such pictures as speak at once to the spectator . . . that will be understood in an instant." In paintings such as Banjo Player (opposite), Mount proved he knew his audience. Infused today with the nostalgic glow of yesteryear, they are kept just this side of sentimentalism by Mount's careful craftsmanship and observant eye. In their quiet way, they look good for many years to come...
Such preserves are the 296-artist show of the American Watercolor Society's recent annual and the ago-work Manhattan show of the National Association of Women Artists. Both are, in the main, muffled echoes of yesteryear. By contrast, Brooklyn Museum's aggressively progressive International Water Color Exhibition, showing the works of no U.S. artists plus a selection of French and Japanese water-colorists, is clear evidence that the abstractionist tide is still in full flood, with no ebb in sight...
...rather than philosophical. By setting up a business federation he expected to 1) broaden and stabilize the base of his power, and 2) boost the nation's industrial output. Said Perón, in a recent speech sounding remarkably different from the rabble-rousing Perón of yesteryear: "We may get some results if we try to persuade people to produce more by appealing to their national spirit and ethical principles. But we get better results if we include the stimulus of profit . . . To improve the standard of living, we must work harder to produce more...
...passengers refused to listen to New York Central speakers who talked only about losses. "Life," cried one outraged commuter, sounding very much like the flaming Bob Young of yesteryear, "is not a bowl of economics." Snorted another...