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...Golden Spinning Wheel, Symphonic Variations (London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz conductor; London, $5.98). Mention the words "tone poem" and the average post-Romantic music buff will think of Franz (Mazeppa) Liszt or Richard (Don Juan) Strauss, but rarely of Dvorak. A pity, since Dvorak, too, was a master of the genre. His subjects varied from The Watersprite to The Midday Witch, but he was never more magical than in The Golden Spinning Wheel. Recounting the fairy tale of a lovely spinning girl who pays somewhat gruesomely for a king's love, Dvorak filled his 26-minute score with bold...
...theory was that Fischer was waging a "war of nerves." If so, the tension finally got to British Investment Banker James Slater, a millionaire chess buff. In an extraordinary move of his own, Slater doubled the purse with a gift of $125,000. "Fischer has said that money is the problem," he declared. "Well, here it is. My message to Fischer is: 'Come on out, chicken.' " Fischer came out instantly. Saying that the offer was "incredible, generous and brave" and "I gotta accept," he caught a jet to Reykjavik and arrived just five hours before the noon deadline...
...parties and story conferences, Allen tossed off these lunatic lines in a tone that seemed to blush for its presumption. Only a polished comic, he thought, could do them proper injustice. So Allen's managers, Jack Rollins and Charlie Joffe, decided to buff him until he shone. After all, 15% of a writer's salary barely pays the office rent. But 15% of a star...
...plump issue (132 pages) makes for better reading. The critical sections-books, ballet, music, films-are excellent. There is a warm, highly readable story on Philanthropist Louis Schweitzer, an intriguing discussion of world mass-transit problems, and a thoughtful piece on the future of education. Selden Rodman, the Haiti buff, contributes an upbeat piece on life in the Caribbean republic. A photo spread of aerial landscapes shot by Dr. George Gerster, a Swiss science editor, is beautifully laid...
...that Kodak researchers still "don't know where they're going" with an instant process. Some stock analysts, however, believe that the company plans to market its own instant film process for use in Polaroid cameras as early as 1973. These experts are convinced that any camera buff-even a Polaroid owner-would automatically have faith in a new yellow-box product. Meanwhile, there is much speculation that Kodak and Polaroid are racing each other to introduce -some time in the next few years-instant slides and instant movie film...