Word: gift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rich Without Reediness. Harold played Vivaldi's Concerto in D Minor; Ralph played Handel's Concerto in G Minor. To a casual listener endowed with the gift of being in two places at once it would have been impossible to distinguish between the brothers' styles (the Gombergs themselves sometimes cannot tell which one is playing a certain passage on an unidentified recording). Both play with the round, richly colored sound characteristic of all oboists who have studied with the Philadelphia Orchestra's famed, longtime Solo Oboist Marcel Tabuteau. Both give the oboe's warmly singing...
...worth of books and records offered by the Coop to the House with the highest per capita contribution was won by Kirkland, with an average gift of $3.33 per student. Lowell was a close second with a per capita return...
...chairman Peter J. Solomon '60 said, "Each of the suggested charities will receive a minimum gift, probably ten dollars. The rest of the unallocated money will be distributed proportionally among the five recommended charities. That way each of the recommended charities will receive the same percentage of unallocated money as specifically allocated funds...
Walking & Talking. In 1945 Miguel Alemán was nominated for the presidency by the P.R.I. Remembering López Mateos' gift of oratory, Alemán asked him to serve as one of his top campaigners. López Mateos handled the job with such brilliance that Alemán, with P.R.I, at his disposal, gratefully arranged his election as Senator from the state of Mexico...
...Gift of the Magi (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Richard (Damn Yankees) Adler has written the songs for this version of O. Henry's sentimental classic; with Sally Ann Howes, currently Broadway's My Fair Lady, and Hollywood's Gordon MacRae...