Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...postscript to my yesterday's letter about your review of my Henry James And The Jacobites, I now perceive that I have done Mr. Max Byrd a gross injustice...
Less impressive was the William Byrd Suite arranged by Gordon Jacob. Byrd's music was written for small groups; his light melodies and whim-ical tempos are either lost or made heavy in the transcription for a band of more than 100 players. Walker did his best to preserve the spirit of Byrd and now and then he succeeded. But in the exposed woodwind passages, which should have been airy, 26 clarinets were far too many...
Criticism by Republicans of President Kennedy's tax cut bill was predictable. So was that of such a fiscal conservative as Democrat Harry Byrd. The bill can probably pass over their opposition, but it will need down-the-line support from liberals. And for that reason the man whom White House strategists are most worried about is Tennessee's Albert Arnold Gore, 55, a liberal member of the Senate Finance Committee whose dislike of the bill may influence other liberals...
...seven months the bill had wallowed in the House Ways and Means Committee, finally emerged and was passed by the House, with significant changes from Kennedy's original version. Now, at last, it was before Senator Harry Byrd's Finance Committee. But Virginia's Byrd is an all-out foe of cutting taxes without cutting federal spending, which the Administration definitely does not propose. So the measure is destined for more rough, slow sledding...
Throughout it all, Chairman Byrd benignly regarded Dillon from behind blue-tinted glasses, mildly noted that the House bill would result in an average annual saving of $110-$2 a week-for each taxpayer. Byrd merely wanted to know how such "cigarette money" would really stimulate the U.S. economy. Dillon replied defensively that while the cut might not mean much to individuals, the total effect would be impressive. Byrd nodded. Things were going his way-slowly. There were still about 170 witnesses, pro and con, scheduled to be heard by his committee. Doubtless some of them would argue -as have...