Word: eighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...monotony-"a sublime sewing machine," Colette called him-but the young know better. "There is a bridge between Bach's ideas of rhythm and those of the mid-20th century," says Pianist Glenn Gould, "and it has been created by popular music and jazz." The Swingle Singers, an eight-member Paris-based group led by American Ward Swingle, popularized Bach scores by performing them to the accompaniment of a jazz rhythm section, singing the themes in wordless scat syllables (ba ba da ba dee). As for jazz itself, its linear bass line, contrapuntal melodies and free improvisation all suggest...
Divorced. Sammy Davis Jr., 43, diminutive, jumping jack-of-all show business and one of the world's highest-paid Negro entertainers; by May Britt, 31, lissome Swedish actress, on grounds of mental cruelty; after eight years of marriage, three children, two of them adopted; in Santa Monica, Calif...
Francis is particularly proud that, every now and then, some bearded Black Power militant drops by for a chat. Francis feels that he scores points by welcoming him with a Black Power handshake (which Francis learned from his eight-year-old son). In other years, Francis points out, "I'm not sure the Black Power militant would have come in the first place, and second, I don't know if the college president would have felt comfortable talking...
...past eight years, industrial production has gone up more than 50%, the gross national product has advanced more than 70%, and corporate profits after taxes have increased almost...
...least of the economy's strengths has been its resistance to stresses and strains. Over the past eight years, production and general prosperity have continued to grow vigorously, despite political assassinations, race riots, international monetary crises and breaks in the stock market. In the past year the economy advanced in the face of all of that, and more. Yet economic Utopia is far from the nation's grasp. This year, the expansion has gone too far, too fast. In fact, there have been excessive increases in three vital areas: wages, prices and Government spending. During 1968, more than...