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Henning flew through the air, turned up side down and sideways and floated under an arch, dispelling any suspicions of guy wires. Women were levitated, dismembered and recombined. As the audience watched, Merlin disappeared, leaving only his costume behind. In a narrow cage, a panther turned into a chorine. A white horse vanished into thick air and reappeared on command All the while, the plot frantically expanded to accommodate the new effects...
...year-old Arch Bridge linking Bellows Falls, Vt., and North Walpole, N.H., was declared unsafe eleven years ago. It was supposed to be dropped into the Connecticut River last December. After five explosive blasts, the span still stood, much to the chagrin of the demolition crew. It was made of a superior-strength steel. I hope that the experts will check to see if the other condemned bridges are made of quality steel and can be repaired rather than replaced...
...spouse, Leonard, "observed the affair from the point of view of cautious guardians, determined that [Virginia's] unaccustomed feelings must not disturb [her] mental balance." Woolf's novel Orlando, "the direct result of her emotional adventures," was an immediate success, though Critic Quennell today finds it "embarrassingly arch and whimsical...
WHILE THE ELI FOOTBALL SQUAD prepares to meet its arch-rivals this weekend, another group of Yalies has spent the past couple of weeks losing a battle. The Yale Glee Club recently lost a fight over not points or pride, but its wish to enter the forum of international politics and propaganda...
Indeed it was. Union Station's architect, Daniel H. Burnham, operated on a simple motto: "Make no little plans." He modeled his beaux-arts palace on Rome's Diocletian Baths and the triumphal Arch of Constantine. When it opened in 1907, luxuriously appointed with mahogany, crystal, brass and marble, its 760-ft.-long, 45-ft.-high concourse was the largest room in the world under a single roof. Niches in the façade held carved avatars of fire, electricity, agriculture and mechanics, each weighing 25 tons...