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Composition led Violinist Loeffler to relinquish the routine of orchestra work 28 years ago. His lovely finespun Mort de Tintagiles had already started critics questioning whether, with such meticulous regard for line, he could rightly be classified with Impressionist Debussy. The sensuous Pagan Poem came soon after, inspired by the sorcerous incantations Virgil put in the mouth of a Thessalian girl to draw her truant lover home...
However tenacious old memories may be, the University should not lose altogether a certain sense of gratitude. In an era of world peace enthusiasm Americans might leave the question of his guilt to the perspective historians and relinquish the bitterness toward the woodchopper of Doorn...
...When the Aga Khan, No. i Indian Moslem, left London for Paris (he has a home in Paris) last week, it was rumored and denied that he was not gone "for the holidays" but to India for momentous consultations. Stock reasons why Britain must hold India: 1) "she cannot relinquish her trust"; 2) deprived of the Pax Britannica, India would be torn with Hindu-Moslem civil war; 3) "Britain is the only sure defense of the Untouchables," some 45,000,000 souls; 4) politically Indians are too "childish" to rule themselves. In India Last Week...
...authority to the captain or the relegation of the coach to the press box would make the game any better. This system has been tried out in college baseball with no very conclusive results, but it is fairly certain that the players themselves do not want the coach to relinquish his control. A coach is necessary to make substitutions in football and direct the team insofar as he is allowed under the present rules. These are functions which can not be carried out efficiently by the captain, whose worries are great enough now to affect his playing ability. Certainly...
...Secretary Young had deplored the prevalence of conflicting air commerce laws enacted by state and local governments as "impeding the industry." Possibly with New Jersey's prohibition of seaplane landings on inland lakes (TIME, Sept. 29) in mind, he said: "The only solution is for the states to relinquish all rights to regulate flying and entrust the Federal Government with the development of this industry...