Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Honegger: A Christmas Cantata (Michel Roux; Lamoureux Orchestra, choirs and organ conducted by Paul Sacher; Epic). A pacing, brooding opening chorus wells up to a shrieking appeal to the Saviour. After that, the music carries on with more competence than excitement, but it does weave in several Christmas carols (sung in their original languages by children) to make a big, festive impression. A typical work by the first member of France's famed...
...participate actively in political affairs. Meanwhile, he held several chairs of theology and philosophy, and developed his interests in psychology, the visual arts, and existentialism. In January, 1933, at the University of Frankfurt, he one day gave a lecture entitled "Heil Hitler," in which he analyzed the psychological appeal of the rising Nazi party. The next day Hitler came to power, and Tillich, fired immediately, took refuge on an island off the coast of Denmark...
...requirement. Each student works on this individual research, and the best are printed in a mimeographed "Papers on China." The topics range from ancient times to the present Chinese Communist Party. The accent, however, is on the modern, not because the school pushes it, but because it seems to appeal to more students...
Opponents of Harvard's plan, organized since late 1953 as "The Association for the Arnold Arboretum," claimed that their appeal had been dismissed on technical grounds and not on the merits of their side. "Seeking to vindicate Harvard's reputation as a scrupulous guardian of trust funds," the Association maintains that its aim is to "restore and develop a leading institution in the horticultural field." With more than 1000 members, including several distinguished alumni, the Association has established a Boston office from which it launches expensive legal maneuvers and a steady, but subdued, pamphlet campaign. Part garden-club sentimentality...
...Coast. Delta Air Lines, now the fifth biggest U.S. passenger carrier, will get a crack at bigger markets, with 2,000 more miles of routes spreading from Atlanta and New Orleans to New York. Eastern Air Lines, which has had the routes to itself, is fighting mad, promises to appeal the case...