Above the throng : portraits & profiles, sketches and silhouttes
/ Rosalinda L. Orosa ; with an introduction by Carlos P. Romulo
- First edition
- xii, 270 pages : illustrations
The many guises of excellence An unfinished portrait / Ferdinand E. Marcos Disturber of the peace / Patrick Peyton The autocrat of the dinner table / Lin Yutang Obsessive hobby / F. Resurreccion Hidalgo Twilight in prison / Mochtar Lubis A peso to collect / Francisco Ortigas, Jr. No overnight feat / Cesar Bengzon Three buzzes from the postman / Hilaria Labog Tradition and dynamic change / Serafin Quiason Formula of sanity / Francis Parisi Playwright and patriot / Claro M. Recto Heaven on earth / Sr. Redempta Radically different / Claudio Teehankee India and beyond / Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit The passing of a Titan / Hubertus Kuhne Quiet achiever / Delfin Jaranilla The intellectual as cynic / I.P. Soliongco Off-the-sari speeches Supremely edifying / Helen Keller Another unfinished portrait / Imelda Romualdez Marcos The Filipino artist on guard The ambivalent Maverick / Federico Elizalde Her pyrrhic victory / Leonor Orosa Goquingco Mighty mite of music / Oscar Yatco The total pianist / Benjamin Tupas Our very own Prima Donna / Evelyn Mandac Letters from an anguished heart / Maniya Barredo Intimations of world fame / Cecile Licad The visiting artist off-guard Instant stradivarius / Yehudi Menuhin Nothing like a dame / Margot Fonteyn Nightly neurosis / Helen Hayes The contralto and we Enigmatic smiles / The Kogans A sentimental boy at heart / Van Cliburn Close-up of a super diva Quotable quotes / Martha Graham Pops and otherwise / Arthur Fiedler Reams of private messages / Montserrat Caballe Essentially a humanist / Rufino Tamayo A legacy from Caruso / Jan Peerce Ballerina with a sense of humor / Alexandria Danilova Voluble mime / Marcel Marceau A thrust parried / Emlyn Williams Generosity of spirit / Jose Greco No battlecry from brunhilde The conductor as comedienne / Antonia Brico The general who talks to horses / Yeh-tsu-Pai Met soprano at (horse) play