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...cover portrait of General Norstad was painted by Italy's Pietro Annigoni in three two-hour sittings while the general listened to Tchaikovsky on his hi-fi set. Said Annigoni of Norstad: "Very intelligent, very sympathetic, very American." Said Norstad of Annigoni: "A no-nonsense kind...
...chic in her Balmain gowns, cannot escape a hectic official social whirl, Norstad makes a ferocious effort to schedule two or three nights a week at home. He ducks off to Berchtesgaden for a weekend's fishing, plays golf when he has a chance, delights in his hi-fi set (Fairchild amplifier and pickup, Tannoy speaker), which he plays at window-rattling volume. He has given up pipe smoking and drinks sparingly. "You've got to be fit in this business. When the pinch comes, you've got to operate for long periods without sleep...
Unlike operas, which are best seen in opera houses, and symphonies, which are best heard in concert halls, chamber music is meant to be enjoyed at home. Originally designed for the palaces of the rich, it now makes ideal hi-fi listening, but for years American record buyers ignored the fact, turned the volume up and delightedly let the high decibels of opera and symphony beat them down. Chamber music accounts for only a small fraction of U.S. classical record sales, but there are some signs that the situation may be changing...
...Hi," he said. "Cold...
...narrow canoes at breathtaking speeds, and Headline-Hunter Thomas appeared every few feet to remind viewers of the "increasing perils." There were hackle-raising scenes of wizened, bedizened village elders carving tribal designs into the backs of young boys in manhood initiation rites, and, water-borne again, Lowell waving "Hi, there" at "wary and suspicious" natives. "We push on, and the navigation grows more dangerous," at last to reach the May River territory-scene of recent festivities where "the hosts ate the guests, 32 of them, keeping their heads for trophies." Thus the high pasha of Pawling shuttled between...