Word: contests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democratic State Central Commit tee, firmly under Clements' control even before last week's voting, is expected to name a Clements man as his running mate in Kentucky's other 1956 senatorial contest-for the unexpired term of the late Alben Barkley. About the only consolation left Happy Chandler was that under state law, he can appoint someone to serve in the Barkley post until the November general election...
...Russians entered the piano contest for the first time since the war-highly skilled and even more highly touted. One was Lazar Berman, 26. whose performance in the eliminations got rave reviews ("a stormy and sometimes savage nature but with absolutely sensational qualities"). Berman practiced from 9 a.m. to midnight, with time out for meals, went to bed with bleeding fingertips. He thought he played his final concert "rather well. But I always feel I played less well than I could." The second, Vladimir Ashkenazy, 18, who "stupefied" a critic with his technique and profound insight and his colleagues...
...years ago Party Philosopher Djilas dared to criticize the political rigidity of the Yugoslav Communist Party and the loose morals of its hierarchy. He called for a "democratic-socialist" party to contest Tito's one-party rule. Thus Djilas brought Tito's wrath down on his head, lost his party rank and privileges. His punishment might have been worse. The fact that it was not probably stems from Tito's desire to stay on good terms with the social democratic parties of Western Europe: British Socialists, among others, urged Tito to go easy on Djilas...
...CRIMSON'S first annual "Name the Honoraries" contest entered its fourth day, word leaked out that the Corporation would almost certainly offer an honorary degree in Music this year...
...same time, it was learned that Dag Hammarskjold, previously listed as a strong possibility, would not be in Cambridge during Commencement Week. Although several early entrants in the contest had listed the U.N. Secretary-General as a possibility, their chances for the big $15.00 first prize are not seriously impaired...