Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though major battles raged in the West, most eyes focused on the 100 miles of Virginia that separated the two warring capitals, Washington and Richmond. The commander of the main Union force in Virginia was always considered Lincoln's top brass hat. For most of the war, the President, a brilliant, if amateur, strategist, would have done better to take the field himself...
...fast shuffle alone is unlikely to satisfy the workers and students who chanted "Change, change" at Nasser. They demanded, among other things, freedom of the press, creation of additional political parties, and a crackdown on the widespread government corruption that was uncovered in the trials of the military brass. Such reforms would, of course, be difficult for Nasser to undertake with out running the risk of losing control of his tightly centralized government. Even so, Nasser, who last week went with other officials to pray in a Cairo mosque, promised that he would appear on television within a week...
...skimming the knee, were worn with soft scarves and puffy berets. Heavily jewel-encrusted and embroidered vests gave sparkle and style to tailored white linen evening suits. Biggest hit of all was a trimly tailored, above-the-knee white coat boldly trimmed with Valentino's "V," emblazoned in brass on all four pockets...
...musical intentions of the first half of the program were set aside during intermission. The orchestra assembled on the stage with fewer strings than usual, with a mammoth tuba lurking at the rear of the brass section, and with several megatons of percussion prominently displayed. This artillery was lined up to attack Orff's Carmina Burana, at best a second rate piece of music but unfailingly successful as a spectacle...
...Richard Millard, Suffragan Bishop of California, presided at the ceremony and made no apologies for it. In wealthy San Mateo County across the Bay, he argued, "people would bring their azure minks and the brass section from the San Francisco Symphony" to an ordination. "Why shouldn't the hippies be allowed to wear the clothes they like and bring their music...