Word: drives
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accomplished concert pianist, and he left a large and lively legacy for his instrument. These recordings include such meditation miniatures as the 20 Visions Fugitives and nine sonatas, among them the famous Seventh, completed during the Battle of Stalingrad. One expects in Prokofiev dissonance, humor, percussiveness and strong drive; yet there is also much sheer lyrical beauty. Budapest-born Gyorgy Sandor plays the melodic passages poignantly and is a sure guide through the harshest chordal clashes-sometimes passionate, sometimes witty, always lucid...
...efforts to get the diary, according to her version in the current Ramparts, were filled with intrigue. First she called on Bolivian President René Barrientos and planted the idea with him that her own bidding would drive up the price of the diary. She "borrowed" a key in order to rifle the hotel room of the chief U.S. negotiator; in the meantime, she wrote, the Bolivian police visited hers. When it looked as if the U.S. consortium might get the diary, Michéle offered $400,000, though her backer had no intention of paying that much. The Bolivians...
...student groups who objected to Gordon's grant have discussed with university officials the possibility of aiding in a drive to find alternative funds to complete the renovation of the building on Commonwealth Avenue...
...drive proceeds on schedule, the University hopes to break ground for the addition in June 1969. The figure of $5 million is the projected construction cost for that date, Fainsod said...
Suddenly the spirit of an evil god possesses a young girl, who falls violently to the ground and rolls, screaming, onto the fire. The two dancers rush forward, pull her back from the flames, and hold her until the voodoo priest can drive out the spirit...