[MinuteGal]

I love to read the reviews by the movie and music critics of the day. They are sometimes florid, almost Victorian in style. Here, the effusive critic paints a vivid word-picture of Rachmaninoff's artistry in concert.

Imagine being in Carnegie Hall that night listening to one of the world's greatest pianists performing the music of the world's greatest composers. What a thrill that would have been. In this case, being "florid" is quite apropos and forgivable in describing what was evidently an unforgettable evening.

Another article above, "The Near East is Prepared" should be read by every freeper. Some things about Islam and the Middle East never change. How a Muslim gets to his heaven hasn't changed either, has it? Plus, the photo of King Farouk when he was young, lean and corrupt is an interesting contrast to the well-known pictures we saw of him when he was old, morbidly fat and just as corrupt.

Finally, the few lines in the post-WWI snippet, " 'Last' " Man Rite Fatal" abruptly turns into something rather startling and not a little creepy. Yikes!

All in all, another great thread today. Thanks, Homer.

Leni

[C19fan]

I was thinking the same thing reading the Rachmaninoff review. He was not afraid to make use of his rather large hands and fingers.

[beebuster2000]

politically there is an excellent chance now for Arab-Jewish rapprochement. The Arabs perhaps more than the Jews have suffered economically in the last three years and are anxious for a return to normal life asking no more than a modest livlihood Arab extremist leaders no longer find ready ears among the Arab masses for their anti-Jewish propaganda, which was hitherto financed by Nazis. To cite a leading arab merchant, "We are fed up, tired and what is more practically starving"

what is so totally depressing about this quote from 1939 is that you can hear almost the same verbatim comments today. And this was written BEFORE Israel was founded.