Word: groups
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took its own place in the cultural current. Henry Moore draws from this past, as from the past of the savage idol carvers of Africa, Central America and the South Seas. But he has also moved beyond the past, and in so doing he is the representative of a group of brilliant moderns who have led the way to the greatest resurgence of sculpture since the Renaissance-see ART COVER, Maker of Images...
...railroads that when the present three-year agreement expires on Oct. 31, they expect wage increases of11? (earlier the five operating unions demanded increases of 12-14%). But management showed that it is ready to stand as firm and united as the steelmakers against such demands. Under a group insurance plan, any railroad struck will have financial aid for as long as a year...
Taking over Goad's old duties will be Sherrod E. Skinner, 62, who was elected an executive vice president. Skinner has been vice president of G.M.'s accessory group since 1951. Also promoted to executive vice president was Cyrus R. Osborn, 62, vice president of the engine group since 1950. In his new post, Osborn will boss G.M.'s engine divisions, the household appliance and electro-motive groups, and the overseas and Canadian units...
...famed Musicologist Sir Donald Francis Tovey before World War II. and at the time many a music lover would have agreed. The baroque music of the late 17th and early 18th centuries appealed only to a few long-hair devotees, and it was the rare chamber music group that included works of Italian baroque composers...
Corelli: Concerti Grossi Opus 6 (Chamber Orchestra of the Societas Musica, directed by Jorgen Ernst Hansen; Vanguard, 3 LPs). An expert in the concerto-grosso form (where a group of solo instruments maintains a dialogue with an orchestral ensemble), Corelli was also the first to relax the strict contrapuntal style of his era, is shown in this recording to have mastered the full scope of string sonorities by making violins sound like a full-voiced choir...