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...Manhattan's Blue Angel last week, the house lights dimmed and the M.C. announced the newest thing in the nightclub belt: a theoretical physicist who turns out tunes on the side. Tom Lehrer, tall, lean, 25, strode purposefully to the piano, peered into the crowd through horn-rimmed glasses, and launched into what Variety called "a comedy of terrors." He would, he said, sing an "ancient Irish ballad, written a few years ago." He turned to the keys, drummed out a melancholy accompaniment, and in a sardonic voice began to sing. Sample lyric...
...afternoon last week. Chicagoans heard a typical program. Conductor Reiner strode across the stage as the lights dimmed, shook hands with the concertmaster, and mounted the podium. With a concise snap of his baton, he launched the orchestra into a sweet, crisp performance of an 18th century Concerto Grosso by Corelli, a rollicking version of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and, after the intermission, a whirling reading of the Dances of Galanta by Hungarian Composer Zoltan Kodaly. As the finale swooped to its finish, the crowd gave a startled "Oh!" and burst into heavy applause...
With that, General Eisenhower strode toward the door of the conference room, grabbed the knob, flung the door open and stalked out, his back set like a fixed bayonet. As he left, the SHAPE staff-Americans and Europeans alike-broke into applause and then began to cheer. The door reopened. Eisenhower stood there, smiling. He bowed slightly and closed the door again. After that, there was no doubt about who was in charge...
...stroke of noon, one day last week, Chief Justice Earl Warren strode through the red velour draperies that hang behind the long mahogany bench of the U.S. Supreme Court. As the Chief Justice and his eight associates took their places, Earl Warren's broad, friendly face broke into a quick smile. He beamed at Mrs. Warren, who had arrived from California the night before and was sitting among the spectators nearest the bench. For 65 minutes the court went through routine business. But in spite of the Chief's pleasant demeanor, there was an air of tension...
Knowing the problems new coaches often encounter, a former Yale fencing master visited practice recently to bolster any low spirits. But after watching a few minutes he exclaimed to the group, "Excellent, excellent, no worry here," and strode from the room. But perhaps the starry-eyed freshmen drawn to fencing by Hollywood pirate movies paid a greater compliment to Marion when he confided in a fellow swordsman, "He's better than Errol Flynn...