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    Flown in for the event were some of the State Department officials who had negotiated the orchestra’s first visit just months after President Richard Nixon first visited, when he opened up relations with mainland China. "I got to talk with Alexander Haig" Light said, speaking of the retired U.S. Army general who served as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of State under Presidents Nixon and Gerald Ford. Full Article at The Saratogian
    I got to talk with Alexander Haig
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
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Philadelphians’ violinist has flair for fixing fiddles
  1. This was a hobby that has turned into a business. It’s something for me to do in retirement – sometime in the next 10 years, possibly
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  2. I didn’t know whether or not our baby had been born until I returned home
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  3. I had lunch with Stokowkski once in the dining car of a train, quite accidentally. It was after he had broken his hip romping with the two boys he had with Gloria Vanderbilt
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  4. I do small repairs and final adjustments, and I might make a new soundpost
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  5. When I joined in 1960, he came again to conduct, spindly arms and long fingers, shaping phrases like only he could.
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  6. How could I stifle such a career?
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  7. I got on-the-job training
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  8. In 1973, it was like a third world country there
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago
  9. A violin maker told me long ago that I was too fussy about how my violin sounded, so through the years I learned how to do these adjustments to please myself
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago

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