Word: adds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first keyboard instructors to introduce the use of the thumb and to advocate playing with curved rather than straight fingers. He told his composition students that contrapuntal lines should be like people in a conversation-each speaking grammatically, completing his sentences and remaining silent when he had nothing to add. Now, in the compositions of his 50s and 60s, Bach became more than ever a teacher. He produced collection after collection summing up the accumulated skill of a lifetime: the Goldberg Variations for harpsichord, the Catechism Preludes for organ, the unfinished The Art of Fugue...
...profitable because they are so long, with relatively few costly takeoffs and landings. Pan Am gets a return on investment of close to 13% in the Pacific compared with less than 5% on transatlantic flights. By CAB estimate, each of last week's five winners stands to add at least $10 million a year to its revenues. But passengers should not expect any rate reductions. Such fares are set by the International Air Transport Association, a 104-airline group that does not necessarily feel that higher profitability should be reflected in cheaper tickets...
Nixon also succeeded in conveying to his audience a sense of esprit and solidity at the top, even if most of the appointments did little to add to the public knowledge of the precise directions his policies will take...
Taxes Are a Clue. The cause of the crisis is the steadily rising cost of state responsibilities. Previously approved increases in state aid for education, welfare doles and Medicaid costs alone are expected to add $800 million to the New York budget...
...stage consisted of bassoon (dig it), sax, drums, and Ivers on harp--a careful balance of instruments that managed to blend and set off the tight lash of the harp-sound with a rich, creamy-textured backing. Also add one chick singer, dressed in an electric blue shalwar-kameez (that's what it's called, folks), the established jazz singer Miss Yolande Bavan...