Word: backlog
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Backlog. There is a good reason why RCA signed up the Philadelphia: it desperately needed a big-name orchestra on its roster. The Boston Symphony, a big seller in the days of Serge Koussevitzky, has not done nearly so well under Conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Columbia has two other popular orchestras on its roster: The New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein, and George Szells Cleveland Orchestra. RCA's winning bid was a reported $340,000-a-year royalty guarantee over the next five years. That is a lot of money, but RCA thinks it has a very good chance...
...take a while. The Philadelphia's highest yearly earnings with Columbia were $400,000 in 1963, but its recent average has been $300,000. Columbia estimates that 80% of those royalties have come from the backlog of more than 200 old releases built up over the years; new records have accounted for only 20%. Not only that; RCA cannot record anything in the Columbia catalogue until five years after its release...
Golden Rectangle. There is more than enough Fibonacci lore to fill each issue. "We have a backlog of articles," says Brother Alfred proudly, "and we've been accepted by the mathematical fraternity." Mathematician Verner Hoggatt Jr., editor of the Quarterly, has gone to the extent of establishing the Fibonacci Bibliographical and Research Center at San Jose State College. He tours schools to lecture on Fibonacci numbers, vigorously advocates their use in teaching and has compiled a remarkable dossier on Fibonaccia...
...Tuesday's issue of the CRIMSON, it was stated that the Harvard Political Journal has a year's backlog of articles. Actually the journal has no backlog and is still seeking contributions for its first issue...
...heavy response from seniors eager to have their research published has provided the editors with a sufficient backlog for publication into next year. Two issues are scheduled for this Spring, with monthly publication planned beginning in the Fall...