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...expert he could visit Japan early in August. The Department of the Army, which had charge of visas to that country while it was occupied by U. S. troops, had denied Fairbank permission to enter for a year's study last August. The professor was in California waiting to sail when the denial came through...
Designer Wieland Wagner achieved most of his atmosphere by the use of lighting effects rather than scenery, and his sets contained a minimum of props. Act I was furnished with a single couch for Isolde (not a sign of the usual sail or sailors); there was no castle in Act II and none of the customary trees in Act III. The stage sloped so steeply that Tristan on his couch almost seemed in danger of rolling into the orchestra...
...rights and a commercial fishery. It was while exploring the neighboring waters of his little kingdom that he first saw "a ripple with a dark center" breaking the surface-a ripple that grew into "a huge fin, a yard high and as long at the base," a "great black sail, the only visible thing upon limitless miles of pallid water...
...when the United States hopes to win the Blue Ribbon Atlantic speed record from the Queen Mary (three days and 20 hours, 42 minutes, or an average speed of 31.69 knots), and bring the prize to the U.S. for the first time in 100 years.* The United States will sail July 3 on her maiden voyage under Commodore Harry Manning. Weather permitting, Commodore Manning hopes to capture the speed record on the first trip...
Last week Comptroller General Lindsay Warren demanded that the U.S. Lines should pay another $10 million. The line refused. The argument would not delay the maiden voyage, but there was a chance that the ship would sail under lease instead of under the U.S. Lines' ownership...