Word: evenness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that sides two and four consisted entirely of single tones, "presumably produced electronically." Their pitch, he noted, varied by microtones and "this oscillation produces an almost subliminal uneven 'beat' which maintains interest." Added Williams: "You could have a ball by improvising your very own raga, plainsong, or even Gaelic mouth music against the drone...
...something more than guttural one-liners, but the pattern seemed set. Then, in March 1968, Fox announced that it had purchased the rights to Myra. Trouble was, Fox was at a loss to cast the transsexual title role. Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury and Anne Bancroft were considered. Fox even tested eight real transvestites, but decided that an uncloseted queen just wouldn't do. Then Producer Robert Fryer (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) had an inspiration. "If a man were going to become a woman, he would want to become the most beautiful woman in the world. He would become...
...crowded tables; and on opening night, Sardi's was where everyone anxiously awaited the critics' reviews. As Dennis King once put it: "Sardi's is more than a restaurant-it is a message center, a lovers' rendezvous, a production office, a casting center, and even a psychiatrist's couch...
Paul McCracken, the President's chief economic adviser, warned the businessmen of sacrifices ahead. "You will have to steel yourselves to the fact that all the things happening are all the wrong things-lower profits, a cost squeeze." Even after the "painful transition" is over, he said, the Government will not allow the economy to resume its rapid rate of growth. Instead of annual increases in spending of 8%-10%, the growth will be held down, McCracken said, and "this difference should be kept firmly in mind." Labor Secretary Shultz said that the businessmen would have to face union...
Less extreme pessimism is being expressed even by some minority voices within the Government. Treasury Economist Herman Liebling has warned in a confidential memo that prices could rise as much as 6% next year. His reasoning: labor productivity is likely to drop while wages keep rising, intensifying cost pressure on prices. J. Dewey Daane, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, expressed doubt that price increases will slow to a "tolerable" rate even by the end of 1970, despite the Board's tight squeeze on credit...