Word: controller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Precision and dynamic control by the members of the Quartet was noticeable from the very beginning, and it never slackened. Throughout the entire concert, and especially in Hindemith's Quartet, they performed as one musician...
Proper Name. In Los Angeles, the National Pest Control Association, in annual convention, voted to form a women's auxiliary to be known as the Ladybugs...
...years in which to become intimately familiar with the great conductor's work. The National Broadcasting Company studios are just across the street from the TIME & LIFE building, and Thomas used to run over for Thursday afternoon rehearsals of Toscanini's NBC orchestra. There, in the control room, Thomas had a rare musician's-eye view of Toscanini at work and an unequaled chance to note his careful preparation, his humor, his likes and dislikes, and his perfectionist's way of evoking great music from his musicians...
Under the high overcast the air was sharp and clear; from the control tower at Washington National Airport, swarthy, earnest 21-year-old Glen T. Tigner could see for miles out over the Virginia countryside. Traffic was light. A war surplus P-38, owned by the Bolivian government, took off for a practice flight at 11:37. It snarled off out of sight. Then there was a lull before Eastern Air Lines flight 537, a four-engine DC-4 inbound from New York, asked for landing instructions...
...Douglas) married to a would-be concert soprano (Celeste Holm). All is dandy until she begins a singing career. In Douglas' hour of agony, who should happen along but a famous opera star (Miss Darnell) who discovers that he has a great voice, and persuades him to regain control of the family by singing in concerts and opera himself...