Word: expression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ryan's Express, Westheimer...
...Most papers have kept a slightly mystified and slightly hostile silence, as if they did not understand the newcomer and hardly cared. "A homogeneous mixture of merits and cunning," cabled the Washington correspondent of Le Monde in a recent attempt to translate Johnson into Gallic terms. In L'Express, Editorial Cartoonist Tim was even blunter...
...champagne was enough to insure the audience's good humor, but the critics could scarcely express their discontent. "A tasteless hodgepodge," said the Times. "A grab bag of cheap tricks," grumbled the News. Poor Kostelanetz- he did the noble thing, but he did it badly. He had tried to elevate the pops concert to a level beyond simple, forgettable amusement. With the response he got, he no doubt wishes he had stuck to schmaltz. But the Philharmonic's program for the rest of the 20-concert series includes much that is seldom performed and deserves attention. The credit...
...Ryan's Express, Westheimer...
Disparities Despair. Fundamental to the lack of progress so far is that the U.S. Congress passed the Trade Expansion Act that inspired the Geneva talks for the express purpose of breaking down Common Market trade barriers to expand U.S. exports. The U.S. thus wants to negotiate a flat across-the-board percentage cut on 5,000 items in international trade. The Six, understandably, want to open up world markets for their own industry and farmers. Since their tariff walls are already generally lower than the U.S.'s, they reject a flat cut that would only perpetuate the disparities, prefer...