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1932Éliane Radigue, French electronic music composer[†]
Éliane Radigue is a French composer. She began working in the 1950s and her first compositions were presented in the late 1960s. Until 2000 her work was almost exclusively created with the ARP 2500 modular synthesizer and tape. Since 2001 she has composed mainly for acoustic instruments.
Glover (Dr), E C, killed by cyanide solution during research work
Captain Matt (tanker) rammed by S S Robert E Lee off Belden Pt, L I; 3 rescued
Who would have thought that in all this broad land it would be so hard to find anybody willing to accept a position as President of the United States? To be sure, the hours are long and the work is rather confining. But on the other hand, the pay is quite good, particularly under present conditions, and there are other advantages.
MONTREAL, Jan. 23 -- A smashing service and spectacular play gave J. Gilbert Hall of South Orange, N.J., a straight-set victory over Berkeley Bell of New York today, enabling the New Jersey stylist to regain the Canadian covered court tennis singles title he held in 1929.
Our Magazine Section today gives leading place to Alice of Wonderland and the Looking Glass and to her only begetter, LEWIS CARROLL. The hundredth anniversary of his birth is next Wednesday. The fact that Alice should he judged still worthy of so much prominence is a reaffirmation of faith in her immortality.
A novelty at once literary, economic and social is the appearance of American Taxpayers' Quarterly. No. 1, Vol. 1, has recently issued from the press. The title is not adopted, as one might callously suppose, on the theory that the taxpayer ought to have a quarterly because he is so often hanged, drawn and quartered.