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These Rombergian sights and sounds at Butler University in Indianapolis were not a revival of Desert Song but of much hoarier musical fare: the symphonic ode Le Désert by Composer Felicien David. Grand-père of all pseudo-Oriental musical concoctions, the piece was an instant hit after its 1844 Paris premiere, and its popularity, in part, inspired such works as Delibes' Lakmé and Verdi's Aida. So much for success. By the end of the century, both David and Le Désert were considered as out of date as a daguerreotype...
...PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, which claims to be "The Oldest Daily Newspaper in the United States, Founded 1771." Neither claim is accurate. The Inquirer was not born until 1829. But through a cat's cradle of sales, consolidations and mergers, it absorbed hoarier Pennsylvania papers, some living, some dead. Among these acquisitions was the Pennsylvania Packet, on whose previous existence (b. 1771, turned daily 1784, d. 1839) the Inquirer's dubious title rests...
Cramming schools, which are not mentioned in polite academic society, often include brilliant teachers and teaching.* British education also has its cramming crypts. The most famed, and hoarier than many U.S. colleges, is "Jimmy's" of London (Carlisle & Gregson, Ltd.), which last week was cramming young men for the British medical examinations. As usual, Jimmy's confidently expected to get 90% of them through...