Word: bowes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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David & Goliath. After Cafe Filho got the memorandum from the generals, he showed it to Kubitschek, asked him to bow out in favor of some still-unchosen "national union" candidate. Juscelino said no. Late in January, Cafe Filho went on the air to press the national union idea...
While Stalin lived, he persisted in subjecting all satellites to his control or to the control of Russia. Yugoslavia, loyal to Russia, but nevertheless more loyal to Tito, refused to bow under the yoke of the Soviet Union, and broke off relations. There is a slight possibility that if Stalin had lived, and China did not have to depend on Soviet aid in the Korean war, China might have broken away also...
...symphony orchestras, and this season, for another Menotti opera, The Saint of Bleecker Street (TIME, Jan. 10). Last week Kalamazoo-born Conductor Schippers, 24, won his golden operatic spurs: the Metropolitan Opera signed him to be the third U.S.-born regular conductor in its 71-year history.* He will bow in a new production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale next season, will add much-needed verve to the Met's stable of good but greying and overworked conductors...
...Student Council behaved sagely and with wisdom throughout the year, our list might be extended. Next year perhaps one of these bodies will revert to type or perhaps future editorial boards will see fit to air their own foibles. For the present, however, we choose rather to bow out with skeletons still shrouded and with thanks to our readership for its indulgences...
...supported Haydn and his orchestra for nearly 30 years. The composer had to wear a court uniform and dished up music on order, but he got his chance to become the era's most famed composer. A generation later, public concerts began to thrive and noble patronage to bow out. In 20th century Europe the state shoulders the load. In the U.S., until recently, there has been only a scattering of such dedicated individuals as the late Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and Alma Morgenthau to support the creation of new music. But today, U.S. composers are witnessing the most lavish...