
1968Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (born 1892)[โ ]
Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky was a Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968.
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1968Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (born 1892)[โ ]
Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky was a Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968.
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comment on current 'post-revolution' scene
The air conditioning was not working in Gil Hodges's office yesterday, but that was not the reason the Met manager was pacing his carpeted floor after the game.
R Greenspun article on 'style' of some recent films
JOSEPH PAPP'S lumbering Mobile Theater unit of the New York Shakespeare Festival was conceived in urgency and propelled by necessity. For a number of years, it has suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous weather plus the rocks, sparklers and other debris hurled by recalcitrant slum youths obeying their own territorial imperatives. This is not street theater, but park theater.
Czech Defense Mm repts some of USSR troops have started withdrawal; gives date for close of 1st phase of troops departure; says Polish units start home; USSR officers shop in Bohemian towns
CHICAGO, July 13 -- A couple of home runs and a steal of home, combined with the fine relief pitching of Steve Hamilton, gave the suddenly aroused New York Yankees a 4-2 victory today over the Chicago White Sox and a sweep of the three-game series. It was the first time in nearly two years that the Yankees had swept a three-game series away from home, since Sept. 9 through ]1, 1966, at Boston.
article on programs operated by leading NYC banks to train unskilled hs dropouts; Chase Manhattan program described; execs, teachers and students comment on success of training; illus
Stage Door Johnny continued his splendid streak of successes by taking the $81,900 Dwyer Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday, as expected.
Gov Rockefeller proposes 4-stage Vietnam peace plan, news conf; says plan could end war in 6 mos; plan would include gradual pullback by both sides, formation of neutral buffer force and holding of free elections in which Vietcong would participate; Rockefeller says he would be willing to modify plan in talks with Vietnamese to gain its acceptance; says he would take number of steps at once, whatever Hanoi's attitude; makes other comments; contributors to plan noted; McCarthy calls plan unrealistic