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I WAS SURPRISED to learn that Mr. Stazhadze, manager of Moscow's Aragvi restaurant, has been getting into trouble for pocketing bribes. Trebly surprised: I should not have......
An Interesting Point ,is That At No Time In His
career had he signed any document promising to serve for any length of time. But there is simply no way in which he can leave the service honourably—though there are, of course,......
I Never Met Ernest Newman. But His Style, His Massive
yet always elegant books, the Anecdotes told about him, especially the ex- cellent collection in Cardus's autobio- graphy, and the sound of his broadcast voice, a soft-grained,......
A Spectator's Notebook
I CAME ACROSS a depress- ing example last week of what can happen as a result of the navy's catch- 'em-young recruitment principle, in the shape of a young naval officer whose......
In The National And English Review This Month Charles...
in an otherwise penetrating article on the English weekend, repeats the old story that the serious weeklies are 'on the road to oblivion' because of the increasing popularity of......
Having Some Business To Do At Selfridges Last Week, I
went along thereat half-past four, only to be greeted with the cheerful news that the shop was closed because someone had put a bomb in it, necessitating a thorough search. Next......
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