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...past four months, the British national press has been undergoing the most severe crisis of self-confidence in its history. First, an outsider-Canada's Lord Thomson-took over the London Times, symbol of Fleet Street stability. Then Harold Wilson's economic squeeze caused a drastic cutback in advertising. Finally, last week, a report confirmed the newspapers' worst fears: the industry is in dire trouble...
...literary lions are not at their best caged up away from their own kind, and may look ridiculous if housed next door to a morose musk ox or an albino bandicoot. Even the labels may go wrong, and the surly, myopic wombat is advertised as a Thomson's gazelle. But the zoogoers don't mind. They have always known that some animals are nicer than others. So it is with anthologies; they are compiled for those who have been taught to be kind to writers but are nervous as to whether they will be rewarded with a snarl...
Separate Identity. To make matters worse, the competition is stiffening. If the Monopolies Commission approves the deal, the Times will merge with Lord Thomson's prosperous Sunday Times. Thomson can be counted on to galvanize the staid daily. It is possible, too, that Thomson may decide to consolidate his operations and print both London papers on the Sunday Times's modernized presses.* In that case, the Guardian, which prints on the Sunday Time's presses, and the Sunday Observer, which uses the daily Times's plant, might be put in the position of having...
...Becomes Electra for its world première at the Metropolitan Opera in March, as well as Laurence Rosenthal's new musical, Sherry, for its opening in Boston in two weeks. More than just a copy cat, Arnstein not only translates Stravinsky's fuzzy pencilings and Virgil Thomson's smudges into readable music, but also extracts and copies the music for each instrument, calculates the appropriate rests so that a player can turn the page without getting tangled in his instrument, and writes in all the cues. Beyond that, he clarifies the symbols, catches wrong notes, adds...
...players were omitted from the All-House football team yesterday through a typographical error. They are Jim Thomson, offensive back, and Pete Zimmerman, defensive end, both of Leverett...