Word: dismissing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...audiences refuse to let him go home. Having astounded Carnegie Hall with an all-Beethoven program in making his Manhattan debut (TIME, Oct. 31), Russia's great pianist returned last week to Carnegie to practice his extraordinary technique on works of other composers. The best way to dismiss his audiences, he discovered, was by quietly closing the keyboard of his concert grand...
Sometimes a reported improvement is what the doctors call "subjective," meaning that the patient feels better, says he has less pain, eats better and often resumes normal activities after having been bedridden. Cancer scientists dismiss all such effects as resulting from the power of suggestion...
...Prime Minister has betrayed the task entrusted to him," he sternly declared. "He has deprived many citizens of their fundamental liberties. And now he is involving the country in an awful civil war. Therefore, I have decided to dismiss the government." Naming moderate Senate President Joseph Ileo, 38, as new Premier, he added a hopeful plea that the army lay down its arms...
...most important work: his year-round classes for hand-picked students from all over the world. At his summer home in Arezzo near Florence last week, Michelangeli was presiding over his latest international class of 34, enforcing iron discipline but treating musical problems with immense patience. He can dismiss a student at a moment's notice if he fails to show the "talent and good will"; yet he never takes fees from those who stay...
...remaining monarchs who is more than merely decorative. At 41, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shahanshah (King of Kings) of Iran, is undisputed boss of his nation. "His Imperial Majesty is above everything," a Teheran newspaper recently explained to its readers. "Constitutionally. he can appoint or dismiss a Premier as he sees fit. He can also dissolve parliament if he so chooses. He decides on which projects his country needs, bills that should be presented for passage by the legislature, and on the conduct generally of home and foreign policy...