Word: commandants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although she is so short (4 ft. 9 in.) that her feet barely reach the pedals, she took command of the keyboard like a man, shuttling her tiny hands furiously over the keys to weave notes into a glowing fabric of colors and sonorities. The climax of her recital was the 50-minute Goyescas, a work she seemed to have in her blood as well as her fingers. Formidably complex (some passages are scored on three staves instead of two), it unfolds in broad, rolling phrases that are punctuated by guitar rhythms and embroidered with intricate arabesques. De Larrocha...
...Michaels' direction shows an especially sure touch for farcical slapstick business, nice details of external characterization, and the blocking of any largish group. He shows less command when he has a small, intimate scene at hand, but when he errs, he does so in the direction of emphasizing frenetic movement, which has a special comic advantage over the static set-ups so familiar to Harvard stages...
...Took Command...
Weigand, after holding on to win his first games, 16-15, took command of the match and trounced his opponent in the final two games, 15-12, and, 15-5. Barnaby said he has been pleased with Weigand's development over the first weeks of the season...
...rivals. Ratings success is spoiling not only CBS's time sales but also the established stars of the long-running hits behind that success. The headliners hold out for salary boosts that force the network to charge higher prices for those shows than their ratings alone would command. CBS, which bills itself as "The Network of the Stars," gets slightly more than $50,000 per average prime-time minute; NBC asks $46,000 and ABC $43,000. The leading shows cost even more-and it was only recently that CBS managed to sell all its commercial spots...