Word: austrian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sure that she would not get past the semifinals that she brought only one dress to Washington. That was her only mistake; at the piano, she was flawless-poised, professional, and in full control of the knuckle-crunching requirements of the Goldbergs.* Second and third prizes were given to Austrian-born Claudia Hoca of Kenmore, N.Y. ($500), and Kiyoka Takeuti of Tokyo...
Destruction artists try to draw their esthetic justification on an odd mixture -the theories on aggression propounded by Austrian Naturalist Konrad Lorenz, Aristotle's idea of dramatic catharsis, and pop-psych. "We're all very hostile," says Ortiz. "The guy who beats his kid, the wife who has affairs. But art becomes a place where one can deal with the most chaotic problems without threatening one's emotional and physical well-being." Whatever the merits of destruction art, Ortiz's grasp of psychology is clearly sketchy, at least by Freudian lights. The master taught that both...
Manager Rudolf Bing turned it down, even after Austrian Chancellor Josef Klaus personally urged him to accept. The New York Philharmonic's Leonard Bernstein and Cleveland's George Szell were approached, but said no thanks. The Hamburg Opera's Rolf Liebermann declined an offer, and feelers were rejected by former Edinburgh Festival Director Lord Harewood and the West Berlin Opera's Egon Seetehlner...
Divorced. Erich Leinsdorf, 56, Austrian-born music director of the Boston Symphony since 1962; and Anne Leinsdorf, his American wife; by mutual consent; after 28 years of marriage, five children; in Juarez, Mexico...
Konrad Lorenz, the Austrian-born naturalist, believes that human aggressiveness is the instinct that powers not only self-preservation against enemies but also love and friendship for those who share the struggle. Overcoming obstacles provides selfesteem; lacking such fulfillment, man turns against handy targets-his wife, even himself. Polar explorers, deprived of quarrels with strangers, often start to hate one another; the antidote is smashing some inanimate object, like crockery. Accident-prone drivers may be victims of "displaced aggression." The once ferocious Ute Indians, now shorn of war outlets, have the worst auto-accident rate on record...