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Juarez and Maximilian. History mentions one Maximilian, a Habsburg, appointed Emperor of Mexico by Napoleon Bonaparte; records a successful revolution led by Juarez, the untimely defection of Napoleon's troops, execution of Maximilian. More colorful chronicles relate that Maximilian's proud empress, failing to obtain aid from royal...
Conductor Ernest Bloch came all the way from San Francisco to lead a picked handful of men with strings through Bach's steamy and impetuous "Brandenburg" concerto in G. Some of the temperament of this first performance extended, unhappily, into their execution of the next item, Mozart's...
"Although Oxford and Cambridge cling to the old rule by the Fellows, a plan similar to the American idea is in execution in all the modern English and Scotch universities, where leading citizens of the college towns are powers in the University Court, as the governing bodies are called. Because...
The loss of the initial game was not so much an evidence of complete hopelessness in the Crimson situation as it was of the strength and effectiveness showed by the small and compact squad of Geneva athletes led by two or three outstanding men such as Hubbard, the behemoth of...
A number of the coaches entered the regular line up at several times to demonstrate the proper execution of the plays and the individual mens' part in them.