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...caricature by Aline Fruhauf shows BartÓk calmly playing the piano and producing a cacophony. The caption reads: "Bela BartÓk, the mild-mannered revolutionist." Shy and reserved, he knew that his compositions were difficult, and was not hopeful about their appeal. "He never expected the public to like them and play them," recalled Publisher Ralph Hawkes of Boosey & Hawkes. "Apathy and even aversion to his music was to be found everywhere." Dorati told TIME Correspondent Christopher Redman last week: "Even in Hungary, I was sometimes whistled off the podium...
Argentine officials had nothing to say about the coup, which was immediately deplored by the governments of Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia, and by Peru's President-elect Fernando Belaúnde Terry. The Bolivian military's action was also strongly denounced by the U.S. State Department, which recalled Ambassador Marvin Weissman for "consultations" and cut off all military and economic aid to the strife-torn country...
...years later, the son and the widow of Bela Lugosi, star of the Dracula films, tried to take this doctrine a step further. They argued that this right was essentially property and therefore should pass on to heirs. In a California suit, they asked the courts to stop Universal Pictures from merchandising 70 Dracula products, ranging from jigsaw puzzles to belt buckles, and sought compensation based on the profits. Citing the First Amendment, Universal replied that the design of merchandise is a form of free speech that should not be restrained by anyone's heirs. Besides, said Universal...
...this Shah considers necessary background to understanding his role in both press and politics in Nepal. At 41, he has been editor for eight years of Imali Bela, or Modern Times, one of four English-language dailies in the capital city of Kathmandu. (English is Nepal's second language.) At six to ten pages a day and a circulation of 45,000, his is one of the largest papers in the city, and he credits as well for having more "objective news" than the others...
...question was just to put a program together for women that is economical, and to fight through that stereotype image and myth about the female being the weaker sex and all those things which is a bunch of crap." Arnold sounded a little like Henry Kissinger, a little like Bela Lugosi. He told Hercules about how women have 25-30 per cent fewer muscle cells, how they don't have testosterone, how he never met a woman who was satisfied with her looks. Then...