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...performance. Bodanzky, conducting, was at his best, drawing out the full possibilities of the noble horn quartet in the overture and the brisk hunting choruses. Elizabeth Rethberg as Agatha swooned deliciously in her famous Prayer, and the incantations were made trebly hair-haising by being set amidst Josef Urban's haunting stage-sets. An added item was the immortal Invitation to the Walts, interpreted by the nimble-toed Rosina Galli...
...their first outdoor workout yesterday despite the chill east wind and the slippery footing. Coach Slattery took no chances with his pitchers' arms and had the routine pitching and batting drill in the cage as usual, but he sent the infielders and outfielders to the Freshman field for a brisk fielding session...
...play!" She accused me of being too young to remember her play The Melting of Molly! which, of course, was absurd; for I remember that delightful whimsical tale well. She laughed and joked, received several other callers gayly, disposed of the affairs of the world in a few brisk phrases, in a voice smoothed by southern airs...
...undergo a prison sentence of from three months to three years. Ruskay has appealed the case, however, so that even this slight punishment has a very theoretical aspect. In spite of the ex-bucketshop keeper's plea that he was penniless, he presented what has been termed a "brisk apearance" in court and seemed to be able to command the services of expensive legal counsel...
...Peace Plan will be heavy enough to be truly representative of the sentiment of the University, if the interest shown in the first day's voting is maintained throughout the week. The supply of ballots at the Widener Library had to be replenished before night, and the voting was brisk in the seven other polling places...