Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 (William Kapell, pianist, with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati conducting; Victor, 6 sides, 45 r.p.m.). One of Prokofiev's earlier and better works; powerful and percussive, it is just right for hammer-handed young (27) Pianist Kapell. Recording: excellent...
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 (the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner conducting; Columbia, 2 sides, LP). The Sixth illumines little of the musical method of Shostakovich that the Fifth did not highlight as well or better, and adds a little circusy trash at the end. Performance and recording: good...
...prevent both discomfort and danger, Dr. Peckham advises, wear proper sunglasses-"the darker the better." Manufacturers are satisfied if their glasses cut out one-third of the light rays; some ophthalmologists now suggest cutting out as much as 80% to 90%. (The Navy issued some sunglasses which cut out 88%.) Dark glasses need not make it harder to see objects in bright light; they may help when much of the light is unnecessary. Advertising boasts of filtering out "harmful rays," says Dr. Peckham, are meaningless. Under ordinary conditions, he continues, infrared and ultraviolet rays, both invisible, make little difference; visible...
Besides Studio One (sponsored by Westinghouse), Miner also produces for CBS-TV The Goldbergs and a weekly children's show, Mr. I. Magination (Sun. 6:30 p.m.), which is a good deal better than its coy title. He sees TV as more closely related to the theater than to movies-"No film is as good as what we can do live on television." He is also confident that it will never descend to the low mental level of radio, because it can deal with adult problems, "and we don't get chichi or phony about them...
...better part of a century, London has been the world's diamond capital. There the British-dominated diamond cartel has held the famed "sights" at which it sells its uncut stones. Last year Britain re-exported ?35 million ($98 million) worth of diamonds, more than half of them to the U.S. But due to currency controls, the diamond merchants had to resort to sharp practices to stay in business...