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...next year, after Eugene Ormandy had left the Minneapolis Symphony to go to Philadelphia, Maestro Mitropoulos got Ormandy's job. Minneapolitans soon found that their new Greek had a mind of his own. In a small dormitory room on the University of Minnesota campus with a studio couch, an upright piano and two trunks, he lived the life of a monk. When he did go out for an evening, it was not with Minneapolis' dowagers but with some fiddler or bassoonist from his own orchestra. A devout Greek Orthodox Catholic, he wore a crucifix inside his shirt...
...Bleller, Jamaica Plain, Mass., William J. Bobear, Upper Darby, Pa., Thorwill Prehmer, Montclair, N. J., Charles S. Bridge, Franklin, Ohio, Robert B. Broadwater, Oakland, Calif., James G. Cate, Watertown, Mass., Arsen E. Charles, South Braintree, Mass., Allen R. Clark, Calais, Mc., Louis M. Clay, Milton, Mass., William M. Couch Jr., Platte City, Mo., David W. Dean, Chicago, Ill., Hollis C. Dennen, Waltham, Mass., David D. Devens, Boston, Mass., Leonard G. Doran, North Dartmouth, Mass., Paul J. Flamand, Sharon, Mass...
Socrates sat up on his couch and rubbed his leg where the chains had grated against the skin. Dusty streaks of the afternoon sun cut through the prison window. At his feet fourteen men squatted on the floor and marvelled at his quiet courage in the face of--death. Was this death, they thought, do men ever die this...
City College's student publications thereupon published belated reviews of this book. Chapter titles: "A Platonic Kiss," "A Siren's Boudoir," "A Mistress Dissatisfied." Its big scene: a nude woman, lying on a couch of black velvet, seducing the hero: " 'You hold yourself in control like a bloodhound in leash,' she said with a provocative movement of her lips. . . . Flushed, panting, in a frenzy of passion, she clung to him, kissing him with avid lips, aroused to wild lubricity. 'Beat me if you like,' she cried, 'strike me, crush me. I crave violence...
...merger, subject to ICC and stockholders' approval, will give K.C.S. complete possession of the shortest route between Kansas City and New Orleans (it now shares it with L.& A.), will also link Louisiana Gulf ports with eastern Texas. Said Harvey Couch: "A substantial increase in payrolls may be expected to result from increased business of the unified roads...