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Milhaud had delivered Music for New Orleans, a 30-minute orchestral piece commissioned for last week's symphony concert in honor of the city's 250th anniversary. After studying it and rehearsing it, Conductor Torkanowsky pronounced it "a disappointment" and substituted Milhaud's 1923 composition...
Five different players scored for the Crimson in the rough, sloppy game, Coach Cooney Weiland's 250th college victory...
...wings, to be acted on within hours by both House and Senate. Energetically sweeping out the legislative leftovers, the two houses sped through dozens of bypassed bills on matters ranging from authorization to fly the U.S. flag 24 hours a day in Lexington, Mass., to approving medals for the 250th anniversary of San Antonio...
...Almost casually, Hull bounced the defenseman aside, leaned forward, and flicked the puck straight into the Boston net. The red light flashed, the buzzer rang; Hull skated off the ice, to a standing ovation from the Chicago Stadium fans. He had scored his second goal of the night, the 250th of his N.H.L. career-and the Black Hawks had beaten the Bruins...
BRITTEN: STRING QUARTET NO. 2 (London). Written to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of Purcell, this quartet is an architectural tour de force, requiring four lone instruments to construct a stately musical monument. Britain's impressive Amadeus Quartet does the job with distinction...