Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Partisan Packages. Midway in the speech, some of the brass nickels of partisanship did get mixed in with the golden vision. The prosperous millennium can be achieved, said Truman, "only if we follow the right policies"-i.e., the Fair Deal, including such disputed measures as repeal of Taft-Hartley, the Brannan plan, aid to education, and health insurance...
Although his English has not yet advanced much beyond "O.K.," Perlea speaks four other languages and has no trouble at all talking to the Met musicians. "The strings and woodwinds-German: the brass-Italian: and what's left -French." He is enthusiastic about the quality of the orchestra, says it would take La Scala's orchestra six rehearsals to accomplish what the Met's can do in two. As for the rest: "Every opera performance is a compromise. If you can accomplish 15% of what you intend, you are all right; if you accomplish...
...tenants, we prefer Ex-GI's, and Marines and enlisted personnel of the Navy. Ex-Air Corps men may apply if they'll quit telling us how they won the war. Ex-Brass is acceptable only if well tarnished . . . Restricted clientele: This project is restricted to folks who understand the Sermon on the Mount, believe in the Ten Commandments and practice the Golden Rule. These apartments were built with Uncle Sam's and our dough. Neither Uncle Sam nor we want tenants who are members of subversive, anti-American hate organizations like the Ku Klux Klan...
...They sent out 2,000 seven-inch gilded tickets to Who's Who in Hollywood, taking pains to give choice locations to the elite and to keep known enemies and recently divorced couples seated apart. From the cooperative Air Force they got an imposing turnout of brass, a 67-piece band and a flight of bombers. From the Los Angeles police they got 100 cops to keep a crowd of 6,000 openmouthed fans in check. From Fox's own studio wardrobe, they supplied attending starlets with full finery, including ten gowns, eight fur coats and two mink...