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...Decisions, Strauss...
...Jigs & Juleps!, Hudson (5) 5. The Guns of August, Tuchman (3) 6. Who's in Charge Here?, Gardner (7) 7. Travels with Charley, Steinbeck (8) 8. One Man's Freedom, Williams (6) 9. Veeck - as in Wreck, Veeck (10) 10. Men and Decisions, Strauss...
...most people, the mere mention of a Viennese operetta conjures up a waltz of post-Johann Strauss composers-Franz Lehar (The Merry Widow), Oskar Straus (The Chocolate Soldier), Emmerich Kalman (Countess Maritza). But beside their names belongs another: Robert Stolz. In his long career, Stolz has written almost as many operettas as the other three combined. Now 82. Stolz is the grand old man of operetta, the sole survivor of the golden age of popular Viennese music (1910-25). At Austria's open-air amphitheater on Lake Constance last week, Old Composer Stolz was still at work. Tall...
...Life in Court, Nizer (2) 3. In the Clearing, Frost (4) 4. The Guns of August, Tuchman (3) 5. Conversations with Stalin, Djilas (7) 6. Sex and the Single Girl, Brown (8) 7. One Man's Freedom, Williams (9) 8. Six Crises, Nixon (6) 9. Men and Decisions, Strauss 10. O Ye Jigs & Juleps!, Hudson...
...most of its pages, Strauss's book is a colorful tapestry of "men and decisions." But when it deals with Strauss's political infighting, it turns a dull grey. Once again Strauss defends his role in lifting Oppenheimer's security clearance, in the Dixon-Yates contract, in the Senate squabble over his own confirmation. But he shows no understanding of his opponents' point of view, misses the irony that he became as evasive under congressional grilling as Oppenheimer did when queried about his Communist connections. But Strauss's critics should beware of charging him with...