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Architects for the building, Hugh Stubbins Associates, have found it necessary to alter their foundation plans considerably, on the basis of findings made during test borings for the theatre several weeks ago. Further, the architects have been dissatisfied with earlier designs for the hydraulic lift to be installed in the building, and each alteration in design for this mechanism necessitates a redesign of the foundation...
Such internal pressures are bound to alter the character of the Communist regimes, particularly if these regimes are denied the glamor and prestige of great external successes. You may recall that when Khrushchev, in 1956, attacked the abuses of Stalin, he explained that they could not have been corrected earlier because "many victories were gained during his lifetime...
Adlai Stevenson. He did not noticeably alter the campaign's outcome in the four states where he campaigned, did not increase or diminish his own chances for a third nomination. Stevenson denies all presidential ambition, gives the impression he will take the nomination only if the convention offers...
Bing also issued a waspish, pettish statement to the press: "Madame Callas' reputation for projecting her undisputed histrionic talents into her business affairs is a matter of common knowledge. This, together with her insistence on a claimed right to alter or abrogate a contract at will or at whim, has finally led to the present situation . . . Let us all be grateful that we have had the experience of her artistry for two seasons; the Metropolitan is also grateful that the association is ended . . . I could name a number of very famous singers who thought they were indispensable and would...
...waitresses, and made wildly conflicting statements about Elliott ("He's a sonofabitch . . . I love the guy"). He pursued Elliott to Melbourne, on arrival handed newsmen a classically misspelled statement. It attacked the "imberciles" who had pictured him as a "charlton," whined: "Am I to be sacrificed on the alter of prejudice?'' By this time Australians were increasingly suspicious that Leavitt's antics were chiefly designed to publicize another Western Promotions venture-the tour of "Goose" Tatum's basketball team, the Harlem Trotters. But the first Trotter game drew only 1,200 fans to Sydney...