Word: delight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...motivation that distinguishes the entrepreneur. The aim of the course was to plant "a growing conviction on the part of the person that he can change, that he can take control and direct his life." At brainstorming sessions-a Western invention that the Indian businessmen took to with great delight-they courted the notion, almost heretical in Indian commerce, that ideas can be traded, like commodities, to the benefit of all. They were required to write their own epitaphs-a statement of self-esteem related more to accomplishment in this world than in the next...
...inspires. One obvious difference, for anyone who has seen a Noland painting, is that he somehow imparts through his brush, his sponges and his rollers a zest and vigor, a freshness and exuberance that other geometricists lack. As he analyzes it, the impression derives from his own deeply felt delight in the act of painting and his evolving style. In human relationships, Noland will explain with an engaging leer, "you're involved with someone as long as something is developing, changing or insightful. Painting is the same...
Actually, the orchestra members have found, to their delight, that he is not quite the temperamental Magyar they had been led to expect. "Usually conductors are relaxed at rehearsals and tense at the concerts," says First Violinist Victor Aitay. "Solti is the reverse. He is very tense at rehearsals, which makes us concentrate, but relaxed during the performance, which is a great asset to the orchestra...
...album, Nashville Skyline, which was also recorded by Columbia in the country music capital, extends and culminates his return to basic pleasures. It has an unpretentious charm unmatched by any of the eight albums he has recorded since 1961. Most of the songs are about the delight of secular love, and the swirl of his social satire has given way to an earthy, sometimes self-deprecating humor. The genial, syncopated Peggy Day, enhanced by the long, lazy melodic arch of an electric guitar, begins...
...channel flipper's delight. On CBS, Mike Wallace kicks off 60 Minutes with a profile of Texas Zillionaire H. L. Hunt. On NBC, Sander Vanocur introduces First Tuesday's study of guns and violence in the Philippine Islands. Back to CBS, where Harry Reasoner is watching the New York City police track down dope pushers; then switch to the peacock as Vanocur presents the life of a typical New York City policeman. Now Reasoner is reading humorous letters to the editor; Vanocur is winding up a light look at wigmakers for tots...