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Camouflaging his stubborn shyness with a businesslike air, he sat and examined the keyboard closely whenever the New York Philharmonic-Symphony played without him. As his entrances approached, he grew tense, and his body began to sway and jerk to the rhythm. But there was nothing jerky about his playing. From his crashing fanfares to his softly rippling passagework, his performance had the strength and luster of blue steel. When the music ended, there was a moment of silence before the crowd recovered itself enough to start cheering...
...time Archie's son and political heir, George, came back home from the University of Texas in 1926, the Parr empire had grown; its founder had made alliances with the baronies of Kenedy and Kleberg and with other county political bosses, and extended his sway mightily. Affable, well-spoken, well-dressed George Parr did more; hidden away in his hot and dusty plains, he turned southeast Texas into one of the most rigidly controlled political machines in the nation. He grew rich in oil and cattle, built a walled mansion with lushly landscaped grounds, a swimming pool...
...British residency, genial British Consul Jimmy Windrum and his Texas-bred wife Lois were busily making arrangements for a dinner dance: Jimmy himself anxiously supervised some electrical repairs made necessary by an ailing generator. Later on, when the royal reception was in full sway, someone unwisely plugged in an electric guitar and the whole works blew again, but nobody seemed to mind in the least...
Last week the question was agitating Africa, the last stronghold of empire, where Britain still holds sway over 4,600,000 square miles and 65 million people...
Chester catches sight of his destiny in adolescent flashes of intuition. Standing in a tent show before a penny-dreadful melodrama, he feels the actor's hypnotic hold on the crowd, senses that his words too may one day sway and spellbind. Standing, on another day, atop a rain-drenched knoll with his Adventist father and nine of the faithful awaiting the second coming of Christ, he feels his faith oozing away. He turns to the prophets of social revolution, soaks up the teachings of Proudhon, Marx and Bakunin. and becomes a labor organizer. But a violent and bitter...