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...Arturo very well. At once they began to carry stones up the hill, mostly on their heads. On May Day the village's few Communists joined them in a big procession that moved more stones than ever in honor of the Virgin. Even plainsmen from Nola admired the headwork of the Viscianesi and came to lend a hand from time to time in supplying material for an orphanage for 200 children from three to seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Headwork of Visciano | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

...like being sprayed with salvos of molten metal and broken glass. But the salvos were always tightly under control, and the fragments landed in a precise, intricate pattern. The concerto moved in a strong, surging series of climaxes, without concession to showiness or chic. For all its uncompromising musical headwork, Sessions' concerto had a lyric calm that pervaded even the lightning shifts and stabbings of the fast passages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Moderns on Parade | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...Headwork. In Miami Beach, Barber Peter Renucci moved quickly when a nearby competitor knocked 50? off the price of a $1.25 trim, posted a sign: "We repair 75? haircuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 16, 1952 | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...Headwork. In St. Louis, Realtor Elliott W. Bergfield signed up, along with 34 women, for a class in hatmaking in order to "reduce household expenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 10, 1952 | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

Since his Whiteman days, Red (real name: Kenneth Norville) has done time on the woodpile, vibes and marimba in bands ranging from 20-piece earsplitters down to sextets. Trio work is something fairly new, and Red finds it "all headwork-the bass has to cover for a drummer, the guitar for clarinet or trumpet, the vibes for piano." Headwork or handwork, old Red was the uptown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The New Thrill | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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