Word: concerting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days of ruffled-shirt diplomacy, when Talleyrand and Prince Metternich were in 19th century flower, a diplomat needed a backstairs source in the palace, a talent for intrigue and a good cook. Big powers acted in concert, and the small powers were expected to know their place. The financial side of diplomacy was a relatively simple matter of buying allies or buying off potential enemies. In mid-20th century diplomacy, financial dealings must be disguised under such inoffensive names as mutual assistance, economic cooperation or foreign aid, and economic aid has increasingly become regarded as a debt that rich nations...
...deference but little affection. They did not talk in council about matters that touched some of them most, e.g., Kashmir, for if too much practicality were let in the door, the mystical would fly out the window. "The Commonwealth is split on too many specific issues to act in concert," said London's Economist...
Professor Harold C. Schmidt, director of the Harvard Summer School Chorus has announced the concert plans for the 130-voice mixed chorus...
...Schmidt has made arrangements for televising the first appearance of a small group chosen from the chorus. The group's TV appearance last year brought requests for a repeat telecast. Station WGBH-TV will televise these vocalists on July 30. An additional concert with full-chorus and accompanist has been planned for the Monday evening of August 13, in Sanders Theatre. Dr. Putney Aldrich will join the group in this concert with his harpsichord...
...first Paine Hall music concert of the season, a song recital, will be given next Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 8:30 p.m. Malama Providakes, mezzosoprano, will be accompanied at the piano by Paul Des Marais, instructor in Music. Works by Ravel, Debussy, Faure, and Brahms will be performed. Two other concerts are on the summer agenda, one July 31, and the other August 15. Admission is free for all of them...