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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Craft has achieved clear, accurate performances; his notes are long and helpful, though somewhat precious. A listener willing to concentrate is likely to find these pieces stimulating if he does not expect these composers to have the same aims at Beethoven. Though sophisticated, Boulez and Stockhausen are by no means incomprehensible...

Author: By Orpheus J. G., | Title: Two Modern Works | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...organized capitalism to organized philanthropy to organized public service, won with a dramatic new blend of personal dynamism and political skill. He concentrated unerringly on state issues, e.g., stop loss of industry from high-tax New York; crack down on organized crime; preserve rent controls, the 15? subway fare; find new-solutions for commuter problems. He appealed to independents, even edged slightly away from Vice President Nixon when Nixon visited New York. He successfully depicted Democrat Harriman as a creature of Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio. But above all, Nelson Rockefeller, now rated a presidential possibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: New York | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...apparently because the Flanagan case did not receive a national press, Eisenhower thinks he can still find Flanagan a place on his team. Ike recently appointed Flanagan as Assistant to Albert Cole, Federal Housing and Home Finance Administrator...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Flanagan Case | 11/8/1958 | See Source »

...Well, sir, where do I find the serial number...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: Numbers Racket | 11/7/1958 | See Source »

...speech at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, Dr. Rock emphasized as axiomatic that the birth rate must be cut immediately. The great problem, Rock said, is to find an effective, humane, and universal means of contraception...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rock Says Birth Rate Must Drop | 11/7/1958 | See Source »

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