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...presiding officer was neither shocked nor carried away by the incendiary speeches. Mohamed Ali Jinnah, clad in black angora cap, a long black sherwani (tunic), and tight-fitting black churidar on his wire-thin legs, smiled his ice-cold smile. He was at the peak of his power. He was the man who might say whether one-fifth of the world's people would be free. His 5 ft. 11 in. and 119 Ibs. stood between India and independence...
June 27, 1936. The New Deal was nearing full tide, and Roosevelt stood close to his popularity peak when, in an assured voice that had mellowed since 1933, he said: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny...
...July 1945, William J. Bender '27, present Counsellor for Veterans, took over his job and made preparations to handle tire vast numbers of veterans who would apply for admission during what was expected to be the peak years of 1945 and 1946. With six assistant counsellors, a staff of over 60 persons, and supervision of a nursery for veterans' children, an agency for veterans' wives, and a housing office to help accommodate married veterans, in addition to the operation of the general office, the Counsellor has processed the 3,981 veterans now enrolled in the University. Over 1,200 letters...
Prokofleff: Sonata No. 7, Opus 83 (DM 1042). This second of Prokofleff's three "War" Sonatas was only completed in 1942, and shows its composer at the peak of his skill as a piano writer. The grotesquely dramatic changes in mood and tempo certainly do not make for particularly pleasant listening but they reveal a highly ingenious and original style of composition. Vladimir Horowitz, who has introduced all of the "War" Sonatas in this country, does a fine job on music that is highly suited to his style of playing. The recording is good...
...Doctor. Prescriber of these and many other medicines was Modie Joseph Spiegel Jr., fast-talking, energetic president and general manager. Modie Spiegel took over the 80-year-old family business in 1932, when it was deep in Depression trouble. Annual sales had dropped from a $20 million peak in the booming '20s to a disastrous $7 million. Losses since 1929 had been $2.6 million...