Word: crystalizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since Europe is still rather cut off from America as far as exchange of musical talent is concerned, it is a good time to indulge in a little crystal gazing about the Continent's younger artists, many of whom will attempt American tours during the next two or three years. Of the pianists in this category, perhaps the most important is Rumanian Dinn Lipatti, a former pupil of Cortot and Stravinsky, who is nearing thirty. Although he is a regular professor at the Conservatory of Geneva, Lipatti has been spreading his rapidly growing reputation by exhaustive tours of Europe. Already...
...field. The afternoon sun which covered the field did not extend so far as to shed excessive light on Crimson prospects. Aside from the general feeling among Maddux and his men that this year's team is sure to be superior to the wartime aggregation of last spring, the crystal ball remains definitely clouded...
...exhilarating hum of high production and few strikes, everyone seemed to have forgotten the ugly word: recession. Last week, they were sharply reminded of it. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics stared into its crystal ball and found it filled with dark clouds. Unless steps are taken to bolster purchasing power, said BAE, the U.S. will probably have a recession toward the end of this year...
...round of ceremony began again. President Truman drove over to the National Palace for a formal welcome by President Aleman. At 7:30 he was back for a state dinner in the Comedor under the great crystal candelabra installed by Mexico's ill-fated Maximilian and Carlotta...
Paradoxically, commodity prices, which had temporarily leveled off in January, were on the rise again. (Hogs reached this week the alltime high of $29 per cwt.) But the rise was viewed by economic crystal gazers as a last fling before prices settled down, as a result of temporary factors (bad weather and large Government grain purchases for export) rather than any new inflationary steam. At "the speed with which industry was spouting out goods last week, the time when supply would meet demand in most things-and when prices would settle down for good-did not seem...