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...symphony, No. 104, in D Major had at least the benefit of a spirited, well-played finale. But the rest of it, and Corelli's "Christmas" Concerto, which opened the concert sounded as if the orchestra were merely going through the motions. The intonation was unaccountably bad, the playing colorless, and the ensemble work in the winds unusually slipshod. The most noticeable defect was the strings' inability to play piano with any tone at all but a rather lifeless one, lacking intensity and variety...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra | 12/6/1958 | See Source »

Maryland: Colorful, never-defeated Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, 55, had won 23 elections in a row until he ran for the Senate against colorless, never-defeated Republican Incumbent J. Glenn Beall, 64. D'Alesandro got off to an early lead in the Baltimore returns, but despite the overwhelming victory of Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate J. Millard Tawes, Beall (rhymes with well) ran far enough ahead of D'Alesandro in the counties to cop the victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Senate | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...tireless pursuit of mediocrity and unreadability, the nation's run-of-the-film movie critics have transformed themselves into a group dispensary of tasteless, colorless and odorless critical treacle, ignored on a wholesale basis by the moviegoer, sampled only by the movie industry itself, which is merely vigilant for any sign of recalcitrant tartness. The New York Film Critics met recently to wring hands over the cases of Zinsser and Gilbert, deplored industry pressure for two hours, and adjourned. "Nothing was done by the critics," wrote New York Post Critic Archer Winsten with some bitterness, "and nothing will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Mincing a Dead Horse | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...Moss and Watkins are relatively colorless, Lee's independent candidacy has the same fantastic tinges as his political views. To Lee, politics is not the art of the possible; his platform rests on promises to reinstitute the incredible. He is against the income tax, but not just its harshness; he wants repeal of the 16th Amendment. He wants to stop the draft, break U.S. ties with the United Nations, give up our foreign aid programs, institute a national right-to-work law, and halt all Federal assistance to the school system. These planks make up the dream world...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: Brack | 10/30/1958 | See Source »

Flameproofing. A liquid flameproofing that is colorless, odorless and harmless to most fabrics' quality and color, but which withstands 1800° flame, was put on sale by the International Flameproofing Corp. of San Antonio. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 8, 1958 | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

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