Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since it is difficult to estimate accurately the rate of attrition, the Committee would prefer to have too few rather than too many acceptances. The new policy allows more leeway in getting the correct number in the Freshman class...
...most difficult work on the program, for both the orchestra and the audience was the Berg Kammerkonzert. Mr. Greenebaum performed it twice, before and after intermission. It warranted repetition, partly because the piece rests heavily on formal devices which are almost impossible to grasp on the first hearing, partly because it is an interesting and seldom-played composition, but mostly because the second performance was far better than the first. The orchestra seemed surer of the rhythms, and their initial timidity had entirely worn...
...Detroit isn't solving our problems-it's creating them," says San Francisco Social Worker Janet Pence, who recently retired her 1951 Hudson in favor of a pale blue Volkswagen. "When it became difficult to park downtown, we were greeted each year with a longer car. When the price of gas and oil went skyhigh, we were asked to buy gas guzzlers. Well, we plan to become a two-car family soon, just as Detroit advises. But we're getting another Volkswagen...
Important books in the field of American history that are now either out of print or very difficult to obtain will be made available at relatively low prices by the Harvard University Press...
...only an extreme from of naivete. Miss Wylie has a devastating slink and drawl for her comedy scenes, and a very effective, throaty half-sob for the serious ones. She is lovable and ridiculous and pleasantly exasperating all at once, in exactly the right proportions. Sally is a difficult role but a juicy one, and Miss Wylie does it to a turn...