Word: baton
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since its debut on Oct. 7, 1934, the Ford Hour has had an average seasonal run of 33 performances, an average seasonal cost of $1,400,000 in time and talent. It has presented the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of nearly every good conductor, with guest stars of all magnitudes...
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge...
...Thomas does not like to hear sounds that are not in the score. This one was the click of a camera shutter, from News Photographer Arthur French, who was in the front row. Sir Thomas whirled in fury, brandishing his baton, shouted: "Leave the hall. This is an insult to the audience. You're sorry? Well, you should be. Leave the hall at once." Photographer French left with all speed...
Court Retort. In a Baton Rouge court a low-voiced witness was urged to speak up. He smiled brightly: "Hello, Judge...
...orchestra raised some eyebrows by hiring a conductor, Karl Bergmann, at the whopping salary of $1,000 a year. When Edwin Booth declaimed with the Philharmonic (in Schumann's Manfred), the musicians gave him a silver vase; the actor countered by presenting Conductor Bergmann with an aluminum baton (then more costly than silver) from Tiffany...