Word: compass
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...concert to an exciting climax. Jay Powers '56 performed Glazounov's Saxophone Concerto, a work whose chief merit is that it allowed Mr. Powers to prove the amazing finesse with which his instrument can be handled. Such a delicate treatment of the instrument seems to indicate the inherently limited compass of its tonal range. But the novel beauty of the effects produced and Mr. Powers dazzling agility banished any hint of monotony...
...heir to a third of the $35 million estate* left by her eccentric grandmother, Anita McCormick Elaine, International Harvester heiress, benefactress to the University of Chicago, Foundation for World Government and latter-day angel to such causes as the late Progressive Party and Manhattan's defunct pinko Daily Compass...
Then, after staring at the ceiling for a moment, the President gave a compass reading for his Administration. He said: "When it comes down to dealing with the relationships between the human in this country and his Government, the people in this Administration believe in being what I think we would normally call liberal, and when we deal with the economic affairs of this country, we believe in being conservative...
When the pilot has slowed to about Mach 1 below 100,000 ft., he needs protection not from heat but from cold. He also needs oxygen, and when his low-altitude parachute has opened and he has settled safely to earth, he may need a compass, map, food and other survival supplies. He will not be easy to find: his initial speed will have carried him 250 miles horizontally from the point where he left his airplane...
After a year of testing designs on bunting, planes, tanks, shoulder patches and letterheads, NATO last week adopted an official flag. Color: navy blue and white. Officially, the flag is said to be "a four pointed star representing the compass that keeps us on the right road-the path of peace-and a circle representing the unity that binds together the 14 countries." But NATO Secretary General Lord Ismay of Britain was much less high flown in approving the design. "It is," said he, "simple and inoffensive...