Word: contests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Carolina. The picture (TIME, Sept. 16) was taken by Photographer T. Douglas Martin for the Charlotte News and wirephotoed around the world by the Associated Press. Last week it won top honors (out of 743 entries from 20 countries) in The Netherlands Newspaper Publisher Association's annual photo contest. For Photographer Martin, who now works on the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, the honor was doubly welcome. Reason: the Charlotte News, which downplayed the integration story, never used his award-winning shot...
...including three top-rated Russians and another American, Los Angeles' Daniel Pollack, 23-the good-looking young Texan chose to play Rachmaninoff's powerful Concerto No. 3. As required of all finalists, he also played Tchaikovsky's familiar First and a rondo by Soviet Composer (and contest judge) Dmitry Kabalevsky, who wrote it for the contest...
...nearly ten minutes the bravos echoed through the cavernous hall; finally the judges, in violation of the contest rules, permitted Cliburn to return to the stage for a second bow. Then the orchestra rose and joined the ovation. Backstage, the jurors, including famed Russian Pianist Emil Gilels, embraced Cliburn. Alexander Goldenweiser, octogenarian dean of Russian pianists, kept repeating one word: "Genius!" Hearing the news, the New York Philharmonic promptly signed Cliburn for four Manhattan concerts in the winter...
...contest started shakily, as Johnson balked in a run from third in the first frame, and the Judges took a 2-1 lead with a single tally in the third. It was not until the fourth that the home forces took complete control, unleashing a four-run outburst...
Such a strategy shows that Tufts, by necessity, is using the contest as almost a practice game, and much the same holds true for the Crimson. Bad weather cut down outdoor workouts for both squads last week, and Tufts used its diamond yesterday for the first time this year...