Word: chair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...high spot of the evening was the opening piece: Vivaldi's Concerto in G Minor. The strong chair of the orchestra played perfectly and with a fine grasp of the rhythmical complexity of the work; the rapid fire allegro with which it closed left everybody sweated, excited, and happy...
Strong Drink. In Sacramento, Frank Taylor, after carelessly gulping blazing-hot coffee, 1) choked, 2) bit his lip, 3) fell off his chair, 4) struck his head, 5) cut his ear, 6) went to a hospital...
...polyphonic chanting of the Armenian Rite were the Holy Father's words in a public speech next day: "In designating the eminent Patriarch of the Armenians to celebrate yesterday's Pontifical, we have desired to stress the solicitude and love which the occupants of Peter's chair have throughout the centuries shown Armenia and her people. . . . Be firm in your faith; do not allow yourselves to be shaken or seduced by the currents which end in superficial rationalism, earthly materialistic morals, atheism...
...terrible-tempered star performer was in top form, churlishly contemptuous of questioners and questions. Lean, sarcastic Senator Millard Tydings put oldster Ickes in the witness chair for cross-examination of his testimony about the nub of the Pauley case: the "rawest proposition" which Harold Ickes said Democratic National Treasurer Ed Pauley had made to him about tidelands oil and campaign contributions (TIME...
...fabulously rich, famously rotund Aga Khan came to Bombay to be publicly weighed, like any of his jockeys. Unlike any jockey, the Aga Khan tipped the scale at 243½ lbs. While the spiritual leader of Ismailite Mohammedans sat in a gold-brocaded chair bestowing blessings on the throng, bearers piled glittering diamonds on the other side of the scale. Their value was about $2,200,000. Fifty thousand Ismaili, crowded into Bombay for the occasion, were humbly grateful when the Aga Khan gave the money back to them, in trust...