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...hung from the ceiling of the hall in a broad metallic sweep from the stage to the terraces in the rear, and directly behind the stage proper have been installed a series of sound chambers. The "clouds" can be raised and lowered and the chambers opened and closed to adjust the sound of the hall. These adjustments will continue for probably as much as a year but even from the beginning to the end of opening week the improvement was clearly evident...
...never know what a hall will sound like until opening night," Leonard Bernstein has said, "and we were frankly surprised." After the first week's adjustments, his surprise developed into greater enthusiasm. The complaints of his musicians that they couldn't hear other parts of the orchestra were acted upon, other flaws were corrected, and still further improvement was anticipated. It is this ability to adjust, both to changing tastes and to the rigors of time, that remains the most prominent attribute of the hall...
Speaking to a Boston College audience, he adopted a definition that calls the cold war "a stuggle to see which system can adjust faster to a changing world...
...Harvard variation of the wing-T, the opposite side halfback is winged. This puts six men on side of the center. The defense must adjust to this or risk being weaker on one side. The advantage here is one of power, and the offense can pull a power sweep to one side, or utilize the wingback for pass protection blocking, among other plays...
Much of the impetus for liberalization comes from the Cabinet's younger ministers who are anxious to adjust the nation's anachronistic policies to those of the rest of Western Europe in order to cushion the shock when-and if-Spain wins associate membership in the Common Market...