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...Serious musicians have always regarded the accordion as a lightweight in the company of musical instruments. But is it really? (See Music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 22, 1969 | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...right out of a church rock group. Three of their best numbers: Lemons Never Forget, in which the group displays some nice, tight vocal work; With the Sun in My Eyes, a gentle solo backed by organ; and the poignant Really and Sincerely, which starts with a lone French accordion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 10, 1968 | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

Katayama said that the heights of the holding vehicle for the chairs were kept low so as not to interfere with the space of the roof area and over-power the chairs. The pattern of lines incised into the cement floor is taken into account and even the accordion walls holding windows and louvres at the back of the room are used to display furniture. All is appropriate and sufficient, no more. Katayama takes van der Rohe's maxim "less is more" as his own--his aim is to parry and eliminate, always saying with the barest essentials more than...

Author: By Barth Schwartz, | Title: Form from Process | 12/7/1967 | See Source »

...also the first model to have Ford's "energy-absorbing" front end, which, with a specially designed 18-in. section in the car's frame, is supposed to collapse, accordion-style, in a head-on collision, thus soften crash impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Toward a Strike | 9/1/1967 | See Source »

...rose ever so slowly over the lunar Ocean of Storms, the spidery, three-legged newcomer hesitantly extended and flexed its aluminum, accordion-like arm. Then, reassured that the numbing cold of its flight through space had done no harm, it reached down and pressed its steel-tipped claw into the moon's surface, leaving a small dent. Opening its claw, it deliberately gouged a small trench near its feet, curiously watching each movement to determine the nature of the lunar soil. Thus last week Surveyor 3 became the second U.S. spacecraft to achieve a successful lunar soft landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: A Dig at the Moon | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

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