Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...book: "In his first weeks in office the President had proposed 'unconditional' war on poverty; in short order that whole range of metaphor had become embarrassing if not, indeed, obscene." The program quickly became a quagmire, and "men of whom the nation had a right to expect better did inexcusably sloppy work...
Ponelle, fortunately, has had better luck with his other works. At the age of 36, he is the most sought-after set designer and director for theater and opera in Europe. Last week, at the opening of the La Scala opera season in Milan, his latest paintings hung as backdrops for his own new production of Verdi's Don Carlos. Ponelle's dark, brooding sets, painted on black velvet to emphasize the somber mood of the drama, suggested El Greco canvases come to life. The naturalistic direction he gave to the expert cast assembled by Conductor Claudio Abbado...
...short, Weissenberg is playing exactly the way he wants to play, and he is "convinced that it is better than it was before." Others agree. Two record companies have signed him on to make a total of 20 albums in the next two years. He has solid bookings through 1970, including a tour of the Soviet Union and Japan. In fact, he is busy enough to start thinking ahead about the next sabbatical. That one, however, will not last ten years...
...mention that most West Germans were born after 1933. Though they bear no guilt for the past, they show grave concern over the profound moral issues raised by the manufacture of weapons and their use in the world. Generally, they have concluded that where moral doubt exists, it is better to abstain from profit. Young Germans are among the world's least militaristic people - perhaps because they have been profoundly influenced by the example of the past. So too, in part, have the postwar managers of the Krupp works who have consistently refused to produce cannon. The final irony...
...latest scoring figures show sophomore Dale Dover leading the Harvard attack with 22 points per game. Ernie Hardy, Bob Kanuth and Bob Johnson are far behind, all three averaging slightly better than eight and one-half a game...