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...Obvious, . . ." On election day, polls open at 6 a.m. Polling places provide day nurseries where mothers can leave their babies while they vote. Some polling places feature string orchestras for the voters' entertainment. The ballot bears a single name, that of the official "bloc" candidate. To vote for him, the voter marks the ballot with an X. To vote against him, he scratches out the name. A voter may withdraw into a gaily festooned polling booth, but most put their X down out in the open. Obviously, privacy would serve only those who would want to vote against...
...what Rimbaud (rhymes with Sambo) had to say was "indecent," Ashton told himself; but perhaps he could put Rimbaud into successful ballet just the same. Ashton's countryman, Composer Benjamin Britten, had set nine songs from Rimbaud's Les Illuminations for tenor voice and string orchestra. Last month, with Britten's music in his baggage, Ashton set out for Manhattan...
Prairie Chickens, Yes. Brownie, owned by Montana Mining Magnate Gerald Livingston, who keeps a string of 75 fine dogs at a 40,000-acre plantation at Quitman, Ga., was no newcomer to the Tennessee quail country. Though none but dogs with victories in other top trials may run at Ames Plantation, Brownie had managed the feat of qualifying for the National Championship as a derby (i.e., when he was less than two years old) in 1947. He had qualified annually since. But though he did well elsewhere-he won the National Pheasant Championship, the Continental Championship, was runner...
Rock entered Harvard in 1946 and captained the Yardling five to a 16-2 season. Averaging 21 points a game as a freshman, he set his own record of 39 points during one contest. He played first string forward his sophomore year and last season was the high scorer of Coach Bill Barclay's losing quintet...
...Roberts" has enjoyed success in three forms: as a series of short stories in the Atlantic Monthly, as a bestselling novel, and for two years as a hit play in New York. The road company which brought the last to Boston Monday night has done nothing to break the string. This production, even without the superb acting of Henry Fonda and his Broadway confreres, is a fine show from the first gripe to the final curse...