Word: baton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conductor slammed down his baton, grumbled "auf Wiedersehen," and walked out. Leading singers caught colds in the wet July weather. Technicians scrambled to lighten the murky stage so that the audience could see more of what was going on. After six weeks of preparing the season, Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner last week raised the curtain on the opening production, their grandfather's Tannhäuser. Despite all crises, the production turned out topnotch...
...Leroy Anderson '29 who brought the second day of 25th reunion to a boisterous climax. Taking the baton after the intermission, he led "Fair Harvard" and nine of his own arrangements, including two encores. When he tried to sit down and rest between numbers, his classmates' applause refused to allow...
...restudied the passage, but when she was set to record again the red "ready" light failed to come on. The maestro threw down his arms, withdrew pouting to the side of the podium. He frowned at the stubborn bulb, but still no light. Then he reached over with his baton and tapped the bulb. It lit. The baton slashed the air, and the recording went on without a hitch...
Commenting on the letter from A. Moore, Baton Rouge, La. in TIME, Feb. 22, I would like to add a little more to the story of the naming of China's first "Flying Tigers"the American Volunteer Group. Although we had earlier adopted the tiger shark as the nose insignia for our null [see cut], the Chinese awarded the name of Flying Tigers to the A.V.G. . . . The Chinese have a tradition that the tiger is kind to his friends but ruthless with his enemies; I had trained my men, before their entry into China, to be courteous and cooperative...
...meet for the Crimson. Knowing that his team would have to win the relay to win the meet, McCurdy entered his best foursome--Jack Richards, Alan Howe, Dave Alpers, and Little. The team could not open up a lead on Yale, however, and when Little was given the baton, he was even with Jack Meader. Little, with a 50.5 anchor quarter, proceeded to win by 20 yards. The team had a 3:23.5 time...