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...heered right," said Peter. "We got fo'tynine percent mo' spirits as we got room fo'. People ain't so develish as dey used to be, an mo' of dem wants to get into Heaven. We's either gwine haf to lease eternity rights from de devil fo' mo' livin' space or else crack down on de applicants...

Author: By Calvin Trapp, | Title: Crisis in High Places | 2/26/1957 | See Source »

Next Miss Smith plunged into the thick of the lieder repertoire: Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf. She was most effective in the five songs by Wolf, combining sensitive interpretation with some stunning tones. Nun Wandre, Maria and In Dem Schatten were especially lovely. The major novelty on the program was the presence of five songs by an Argentinean composer, Ginastera. Two of his songs Tristo and Gato, stood out as being more than merely energetic. The able accompanist of the evening, Jon Thackery, showed his technical agility in Gato...

Author: By Stephen Addiss, | Title: Sarah Jane Smith | 12/21/1956 | See Source »

...Howard papers, which run his national pre-election survey, are getting his help in mapping local surveys by their own reporters. Almost invariably when he finishes an interview, he is asked: "Who are you going to vote for?" Though the last Who's Who lists him as "Ind. Dem.", Lubell explains that he no longer registers, votes, or even consciously takes sides, lest he be gulled into the professionally fatal error of wishful thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Doorbell Ringer | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

...Killed, 194 (139 Republicans, 55 Dem ocrats) to 179 (126 Republicans. 53 Dem ocrats), the Administration-sponsored, Senate-approved $156 million Frying Pan-Arkansas project designed to bring Frying Pan Creek water to drought-stricken southeastern Colorado (in the Arkansas River valley) by tunnel through the Con tinental Divide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Other Work Done | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

Congressman Torbert H. Macdonald '40 (Dem.-Mass.) and former Harvard football captain will present a bill to congress this month proposing federal aid for the U.S. Summer Olympic Team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Macdonald Asks Olympic Aid | 2/16/1956 | See Source »

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