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The Cambridge Society did not succumb to this hazard. Its chorus was, above all, conscious of the spirit of liturgical dramatic works, so that while the performance was not a surpassingly beautiful one, it was exceptionally tasteful and engaging. And this was not so much the result of doggedly exhuming...

Author: By Chris Rochester, | Title: Early Music | 11/9/1968 | See Source »

Mozart's Vesperae was much more exciting and slightly less well-done. The major problem was the grim Carl Orff assault which soprano Donna Newman made on the sacred coloratura aria Laudate Dominum: all the notes were there, too many of them flat, all of them invested with a Donizettian...

Author: By Chris Rochester, | Title: Early Music | 11/9/1968 | See Source »

Answers: 1) George Wallace. 2) and 9) Spiro Agnew. 3) and 11) Curtis LeMay. 4), 7) and 10) Richard Nixon. 5) and 8) Hubert Humphrey. 6) Edmund Muskie.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Said That? | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

Humphrey's overwhelming victory helped Democrats in congressional races centering around dogfights in the third, seventh and tenth districts. In the third district veteran Rep. Philip J. Philbin appeared to have won a three way race against Republican Laurence Curtis and Independent Chandler Stevens. In the tenth district Mrs. Margaret...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Around the Nation: How the People Voted | 11/6/1968 | See Source »

Close throughout the evening, Missouri finally fell into Humphrey's camp, with Wallace getting a surprisingly low percentage. Lt. Gov. Thomas Eagleton, a Democratic dove, defeated moderate conservative Thomas Curtis by a modest margin. Incumbent Gov. Warren E. Hearns swept to an easy victory over Republican challenger Lawrence K. Roos...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Around the Nation: How the People Voted | 11/6/1968 | See Source »

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