Word: climaxes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...climax of the evening came in Robert Freeman's reading of the Mozart Piano Concerto N. 22. He imparted all the clarity the score demands, yet never thumped the keys; his runs contained generous coloring, yet were without excessive pianistic mannerisms. Freeman's use of rubato may be circumspect to some, but it certainly never passed the bound of good taste. A particularly delightful detail was his articulation of the finale's main theme. Because of his slight stress on the last note of the motive, its repeated rhythm could never even approach monotony. The orchestra provided superb accompaniment...
ITHACA, N.Y., April 12--Student opposition to compulsory ROTC at Cornell will reach its climax on April 20, when the entire student body votes in a special referendum on whether or not ROTC training should be mandatory...
...Climax! (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., CBS). Claudette Colbert in Private Worlds...
Perhaps, in hindsight, the advice should have been taken more to heart. But the U.S. dilemma was that the French were in charge in Indo-China. A shooting war was on, and the central problem was to save the land from Communist absorption. While the tragedy played toward its climax, disappointed Ngo Dinh Diem sadly took himself off to a monastery, in Belgium, there to live and wait in a cell. "We must continue the search for God's Kingdom and His justice," Diem wrote home, "all else will come of itself...
...Climax! (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., CBS). Rory Calhoun in Champion...