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Word: ductor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years the history of the Cleveland Orchestra was chiefly made by three people: John Long Severance, its chief patron; Mrs. Adella Prentiss Hughes, its manager, who first convinced Cleveland that it wanted an orchestra; and Con ductor Nikolai Sokoloff who assembled the musicians, trained them from scratch. Peak of the first 15 years came in 1931 when John Severance gave the Orchestra a $2,500,000-home of its own. Most of his oil & steel fortune was lost not long after that. He could no longer go on contributing largely to the Orchestra's support. The triumvirate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cleveland's Change | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

...literally translated motto would be: Ventrem semper impingentes (Those always bumping the belly). An omnibus noun would be Ventrimpactors. The Latin name of the pilot fish is Naucrates ductor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 4, 1931 | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

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