Word: drum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bats at Twilight. The drum-thumping, backslapping governor had another reason for dancing. For weeks, the rumors that President Eisenhower might decline to run again in 1956 had flittered through Washington like bats at twilight. At the governors' conference, early this month, Goodie had heard them-whispered in Washington corridors, murmured over the transoms of closed doors-and, while he doubted the rumors, he was vastly disturbed. But Goodie Knight, never glum for long, found a silver lining. Last week he made a big decision: if Ike declines the Republican nomination, then Goodie Knight will seek it for himself...
...score of Seventh Heaven was concocted--written would hardly be the correct word--by Victor Young, whose previous efforts were restricted mostly to background music for motion pictures. His tunes abound with sound effects, including a multitude of blaring trumpet calls and drum rolls, but they make only a momentary impression. Young apparently aimed his songs at the jukebox trade, hoping to have them hammered irretrievably into the memories of the public. After hearing them only once, however, I found that I neither could nor wanted to remember any of them...
After all the nuclear suspense, most viewers were happy to relax with a pair of agreeable surprises. On NBC's This is Your Life, General Mark Clark began with a soldierly aloofness to the drum-beating enthusiasm of Emcee Ralph Edwards. But as Edwards produced onstage a succession of relatives, Army privates, British comrades-at-arms and ex-West Pointers, the general choked up as humanly as any other mortal. Vividly attractive Mrs. Clark recalled that they had first met on a blind date and that "he was a complete bust." The general affectionately reminded...
...balanced orchestral tone; although occasionally rough, at its best it was rich and exciting. The symphony is an outstanding American work. The three movements follow the story of Joan of Arc as Maid, Warrior, and Saint. The dramatic intent of the music is emphasized by an instrumentation including bass drum, kettle drums, snare drum, cymbals, and bells. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra gave it a reading that clearly showed the group's improvement. We can thank Attilio Poto for the new vitality in the orchestra...
...Crimson team today will be virtually the same as that which slaughtered M.I.T. 22 to 0 earlier in the week, although one doubtful starter will be Oxford Blue Lionel Bryer, who has an injured back. Flyhalf Jerry Marsh, who ruptured an ear drum in the Tech Kennedy, a veteran of last year's side, returns in the place of the absent Terry Turner...