Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Horne and his boss were well-intentioned; they were merely doing their salty best to carry out the new official Washington line against "civilian complacency," one of the causes of the current grave lag in production (TIME, July 26). But many a citizen was bound to recall the strange contrast of Admiral William F. Halsey, who predicted, in a whoopsadaisy mood last January, that he could see U.S. troops marching into Tokyo by the year...
...clarity and detachment not common to radio newscasting. His voice was believable-a happy departure from the standard radio announcer-commentator voice, which suggests that its owner has been thickly padded with heavy cream. The rest is up to Baldwin's listeners. If they like his realism-in contrast to the bombast and theatrics of scores of commentators-he has a new career. If they do not like it, he still has a wide reputation for professional learning, personal acuteness and balance...
...select 21-piece nucleus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Hernard Z gave a program this week, flavored on the modern side in contrast to the all-Mozart program of last week. The opening and closing selections--both 20th century arrangements of 18th century compositions--furnished an interesting contrast between the idioms of the two centuries, and between different methods of arrangement. adaptation of a harpsichord suite by Dominico Scarlatti left the original melody and harmony unaltered, merely adding drum, tambourine, triangle, and xylophone to the traditional 18th century orchestra. Even those additions did not alter the character...
Stravinsky's arrangement of a suite by Pergolesi, by contrast retained only the form and melody of the original, progressively adding more and more idiom to each of the eight dances. There was, however, within the movements, considerable alternation between the two styles, the softer and slower passages being nearly pure Porgolesi, the louder and faster passages principally Stravinsky. There were the typical Stravinsky cross-rhythms, two against three, throbbing dissonances in the trombone and basses, mechanically repeated figures for pizzicato strings, and, at the end, circus-style trombone "smears" for satirical effect...
...touring British journalist looked at the U.S., noted the contrast between the America of 1943 and the England of the Blitz. To the London News Chronicle, Correspondent Philip Jordan cabled after a thoughtful five-week trip...