Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WORLD OF CHARLES IVES (Columbia). As a boy, Ives heard two town bands approach from different directions and march past each other, tooting different tunes full-force. The folksy spirit of band music, combined with the thorny complexities of conflicting voices and rhythms, characterizes his work in this excellent sampler. Eugene Ormandy conducts Three Places in New England; Leonard Bernstein, Washington's Birthday; and Leopold Stokowski, the longest piece, The Robert Browning Overture...
...these places lie the quiet ones-the givers. We never hear from them because they are not vocal. We hear only from the selfish who are unwilling to see their country through another trying period. These folks with back trouble are not new to the American scene. We heard them in the early '40s and '50s when they told us America could not meet the test of history. But this country has never proceeded on the course that the selfish chart for us. This country has been sustained by men who were willing to be faithful when their...
Recently, White House aides all at once told how much Johnson has always admired Longshoreman-Philosopher Eric Hoffer (The True Believer). Actually Johnson had never met Hoffer, and nobody had heard him mention his name, but the reason for his sudden enthu siasm was clear. During a TV interview last month, Hoffer predicted L.B.J. would be "the foremost President of the 20th century." Wasting no time, Johnson brought Hoffer to the South Lawn of the White House last week for a chat. "The Trumans and the John sons get things done," Hoffer was overheard assuring the President at one point...
...both aspects, AAAAS's ultimate success will rely a great deal on the administration's and Roxbury's acceptance of Harvard Afro-Americans' new voice. Whether they choose to accept it or not, Harvard's black voice this year will be heard...
...students had indicated that they would release the letter if President Johnson didn't consent to talk to the students. At about the same time--whether by coincidence or because the White House had heard of the student plans and wanted to take the initiative--about eight of the student leaders were invited to meet with Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs William Bundy on June...