Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...edge, always awake, and always sensitive to the wishes of the conductor. This contrasts with the technique of a man like Bruno Walter, who sometimes repeats a few measures so many times that the orchestra becomes bored, and, of course, their playing shows it. Munch never takes a big chance in any performance, but just enough is left in doubt to create the effect he desires. Thus, in performance, his personal hysteria mixed in with the highly sensitive orchestra often leads to extraordinarily exciting music...
Then, finally, there are several of the those big John Murray Anderson production routines. All the girls in gaudy costumes riding on elephants, while the bands plays "So In Love" in slow march time--that sort of thing. The last of these, the grand finale, is an inspiring hunk of patriotism. "The Glorious Fourth," it is called, and the program says it is a Proud, Rousing, Heart-Clutching Tableau. It is Dedicated to the People of the United State and to All the Free Peoples of the Earth Who Place Their Faith In the Leadership of the President...
...chief problem is how the sun affects the early--why radios go on the blink when sunspots are heavy, for instance, and why a big tongue of fire on the sun will change the words on a telegram...
...Department's last big project is its X-ray lab, where scientists study the insides of crystals, learning how the molecules are put together...
...Williams due insisted that the university method is so impersonal that even though if has the big men it is impossible for the student to come in contact with them...