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But responsibility for the oppressive uniformity of the Bach rests more with Mr. Biss. Perhaps because of the inexperience of his players or the limitations of his soloist, he chose indifferent tempi for every movement. He took the second, for example, too slow for bounce and too fast for grace...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: Bach Society Orchestra | 10/29/1963 | See Source »

Animal crackers, as Hollywood plays the game, is a pleasant, simple-minded pastime that offers few surprises. This time around, Mitchum & Co. see the usual things (poisonous snakes, charging rhinos, a terribly cute baby elephant), say the usual things ("You're different from any woman I've ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Animal Crackers | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

United States Steel, the world's largest steelmaker, has often been criticized for being a clumsy, poorly organized giant with too much fat. Last week Big Steel answered the critics with its most sweeping reorganization since 1951. The move gave the jitters to thousands of its employees who fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steel: Streamlining the Elephant | 9/27/1963 | See Source »

Big Steel plans to streamline by combining seven divisions covering mining, shipping and steelmaking into a single unit in hopes that the elephant will be able to move more quickly. It will consolidate its research and ac counting operations and narrow its 53 separate sales offices in 28 cities (as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steel: Streamlining the Elephant | 9/27/1963 | See Source »

Jaded by Tom Swifties and elephant jokes, two reporters from the Detroit Free Press began improvising on an ancient and familiar journalistic theme. "How do you do," said one, "I'm Brown, from the Sun." Replied his colleague: "I'm Trotter, from the Globe." By last week newspapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pressies | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

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