Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Willie the Lion Smith, 69, has been creating something for himself for more than half a century - and talking about it as fast as he could play it. With Fats Waller and James P. Johnson dead, he is the last of the great "stride style" pi anists who flourished in Harlem in the '20s and '30s. The style - so named be cause the left hand shuttles between low notes and midrange chords in an oompah pattern - draws its riches from ragtime, and it requires a "two-fisted tickler" to make it roll...
First on the program was the Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 violas and cello (1958) of Roger Sessions. The work is in three movements, nominally conforming to the standard fast-slow-fast alternation of classical sonatas. The first ("Movimento tranquillo") seemed to be written for violin solo with string accompaniment, which might be a function either of the composer's intentions of the energetic playing of Mr. Galimir. The second movement ("Adagio ed Espressivo") exploited the high register of the violin, giving the music a strongly passionate flavor; after a while, however, the emphasis on extreme registers began to wear...
...pound shifty sprinter, Leo has long been the darling of every local sportswriter; he lives right here in Everett, Mass., and no one who has watched him can remember anyone quite so dazzling in this area of the country. He is small, but plenty fast enough to make the pros as a runner or flanker or defensive back. But alas, the Army got a hold of Bobby shortly before the Patriots did, and so the Wonder Boy must serve a six-month stint in the Reserves before folks can see whether he's got what it takes...
Davis knew, and the Patriots knew, that defensive tackle was no place for him in the American Football League. By professional standards, Davis would be considered lanky and fast--and better suited at defensive...
...past, the Russians concentrated on long-range strategic bombers and fast-climbing interceptors. Now they have developed more flexible aircraft that are suited for non-nuclear dustups in such rugged places as Viet Nam and the Middle East. In the process, the Soviets appear to have overtaken the West in building aircraft that can take off and land vertically and adjust their wings for slow or supersonic flight...