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...power of the Finale swept all these profanations before them. The orchestra coalesced with fine string playing for the most part, especially in the opening violincello recitative which comes just before the main theme dispels Beethoven's irresolution. The solo quartet, however, was unconscionably bad. The bass, Mr. Mac Morgan, was totally inadequate to his tasks, displaying no vestige of tone and only a certain diaphrammatic eloquence. Paul Huddleston, the tenor, was the best of the four soloists, but was unremittingly routine. The two women, soprano Chloe Owen and contralto Mary Davenport, sang like superannuated Valkyries, spoiling the quartet passage...
...continent became the basis of a secular religion, a faith in competition and success. That faith shaped the American's attitude not only about his role in life but also about his country's role in the world. To a nation that has never lost a war, Douglas Mac-Arthur was being logical: "There can be no substitute for victory...
...some friendly police car escorting him to a movie premiere. So Hollywood's Burt Lancaster pulled up his red Mercury and was approached by a pair of California highway patrolmen, who informed him that he had been driving at 55 m.p.h. in a 45-m.p.h. zone. O.K., Mac, here's a ticket. Burt refused to accept it, explaining: "I want to get an education." He was taken to the county jail in Los Angeles, where he refused to post the $65 bail and spent the night in a cell. Obviously he is a quick teach...
...Dancer's Image) is welcome to his choice. As the most successful trainer and driver in U.S. harness racing, he has won $1,000,000 or more in purses during each of the past four seasons, and in the process produced a steady succession of champions: Su Mac Lad was 1962's Horse of the Year; Cardigan Bay, the wealthiest harness horse ever ($980,000 since 1959); Noble Victory, the two-year-old champion of 1965 and winner of 37 out of 54 races...
...forgotten performance as the cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's. And all the young stars of tomorrow: Willie the bear, soon to make his debut in a new TV series, The Land of Giants; Squirt, the handsome young cheetah, now co-starring in Sweet Charity with Shirley Mac-Laine; Tullia, a brand-new cat star at Universal; Rott, the dog who made a name for himself in The Flying Nun; Scruffy, another dog certainly destined for stardom next fall on NBC's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir...