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¶ Chicago's Fromm Music Foundation spends some $50,000 a year for commis sions, publishing, recording and performance of new music, including works by Orientalist Alan Hovhaness and Twelve-Tonist Ben Weber.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The New Patronage | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

"Tie fied a on, but if it is this somebody else of the same breed, so that it does not make ch difference. Two months ago, such a warning might have alarmed me. At this moment, I find it funny. Ul is racing the UG. I feel that if you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: New Witness | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

Handmaiden, Drummer Boy- Because there is a physical limitation on the number of commercial frequencies, Congress in 1927 passed a law declaring the air waves Government property. Wave lengths are merely "loaned" broadcasters for six-month periods. On the grounds that stations do not serve "public interest, convenience and necessity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Republicans on Radio | 7/2/1934 | See Source »

The 15 centuries of punishment that began last week marked one of the last stages in a campaign that began in May 1926 when Benito Mussolini decided that the secret terrorist organization known as the Sicilian Mafia, the "Black Hand," was a blot on the name of Italy. He commis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: 1500 Years | 7/6/1931 | See Source »

John Pierpont Morgan, Junius Spencer Morgan, Mrs. Louise Converse Morgan, John Rogers Maxwell, Nannie Inman Brokaw, and 25 other rich Long Islanders obtained orders requiring Tax Commissioner John F. Neafsey to show cause why they should not get their taxes lowered in Nassau and Kings counties. Last year John Pierpont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 27, 1930 | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

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