Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from Harvard in 1964. Recalling his Tchaikovsky Concerto with the HRO, it is pleasing to find that his substantial technique is now wielded with more purpose, that his tone is pure, and effortlessly produced, and that his general style is scrupulous and considered. The "Viennese" sections he performs with broad portameati (slides) which makes sense; so does the fragmentation of certain chords to enhance their force...
...Gert Frobe. And it was not just on the strength of his Goldfinger portrayal. Though his international following dates only from that role, the 52-year-old Frobe has some 80 film credits, five acting awards, and an infinite range-from the frightening psychopath in It Happened in Broad Daylight to the goatish dupe in Banana Peel to, most recently, the slapstick Kraut in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines...
...Common Market and removed a Maginot Line of trade barriers that sat between France and its neighbors. French firms, actually encouraged by the government to stay away from the danger zone between the wars, began to discover the province and its opportunities: ample land and labor force, the broad highway of the Rhine, convenient location...
...broad shift in expenditure from private consumption to investment will require further sacrifices from the entire country. The standard of living in Britain will fall in comparison to the U.S. and western Europe, and few voters will resist the temptation to blame Labour. Despite Wilsons appeal for "consent and consensus" and his support for housing subsidies and the Ombudsman, his popularity will decline...
...present strength. While the electorate still remembers the Conservatives' 750 pound deficit of October 1964, and still blames them for the sterling crisis in 1965, Wilson will call an election. By the end of the year, he will attempt to secure a working majority in Commons for the broad measures which are necessary to revive Britain's economy...