Word: apprenticeships
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...head and says: "I think any artist should concentrate on one thing at a time. There is an old Russian saying: 'With one bottom, you can't be at two weddings.' " And Herbert von Karajan, 59, one of the last conductors bred in the old gradual apprenticeship, commented on the new conductors to a friend recently: "I'm afraid they jumped from elementary school to the university without going through the intervening stage of high school"-implying that at some point in the future the gap in their background will show through...
...soul" flavor of Aretha's performances comes from the influence of her father, the Rev. Clarence L. Franklin, a preacher and singer who has recorded more than 40 albums. She served her apprenticeship with him by traveling as a featured performer in his evangelist shows. When she developed a habit of rushing through her lyrics, he advised her: "Take your time; say what you want...
...escaped the deep, ° paralyzing sense of loss for the plucky little Aussie who i! had made good. The son of a theatrical promoter, Holt lost his mother at 16, studied law before drifting into politics, then began a 30-year political apprenticeship under autocratic Liberal Party Leader Sir Robert Menzies. Coming up through the ranks, Holt was named minister without portfolio at 32, privy councillor at 45, deputy leader of the party at 48. Then, at 57, when Menzies retired, Holt became party leader and Prime Minister...
...looked in on a highly informal catch-up class for high school dropouts, tuned an ear to an aspiring musical group practicing on bongos and guitars, watched a workout in the boxing ring, inspected the carpentry shop where Rebels were hard at work sharpening their skills for union apprenticeship exams, and came away impressed. "This is of the people and for the people," Shriver said. "I believe we should have thousands of groups like it, where the people run it themselves and it's not some big new building somewhere but is really part of the community...
...Georgetown University, which Tony hated. He came home, bought a bookstore, studied at the Art Students League by night and worked in the factory by day. In 1937, he moved to Chicago to study at the New Bauhaus, found it "awful." After a semester, he drifted into an apprenticeship with Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, traveling from project to project as "clerk of the works." "Wright," he now believes, "kind of brought me home. I discovered myself as a person...