Word: herman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Institute for Humanistic Studies, where one may attend two-hour discussions on Aristotle's Ethics or Herman Kahn's thermonuclear theories. The music is just as uncompromising. A typical program may consist of a Bach suite, a Mozart piano concerto, and a trio of demanding modern works by Darius Milhaud, conducted by the arthritically crippled composer from his wheelchair. All 40 of the visiting artists also teach, and among those present besides Milhaud this season are Met Opera Star Eleanor Steber and the renowned teacher of Van Cliburn, Rosina Lhevinne. By encouraging the festivaliant to start...
Pitkin's costumes, especially the blues for the French court scenes, are utterly sumptuous. And again and again, Seale has grouped his players to form attractive pictures. I have only two complaints here. Herman Chessid's music is too squealy, his fanfares too insipid. And, at the very end of the play--a blaze of glory--it is ridiculous for light-designer Tharon Musser to give us a long slow fadeout instead of a quick blackout...
...still very far from reality. An even greater concern for businessmen is that Government projects are luring the best researchers away from industry and pushing up the salaries of those who remain. "Scientists and engineers are just not interested in working on a new type of washing machine," says Herman Sheets, research chief at General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division. While washers may seem mundane to many, they are nonetheless vital to the sort of economy that has made the U.S. prosperous. "We are a world power," says University of Chicago Economist Yale Brozen, "as much because of our civilian...
Amen to your belated recognition of baseball's Mister Most, Stan Musial [May 17]. But what mortal (even Grandpa Musial) could have played in 23 All-Star games after only 21 major-league seasons, unless he happened to be the incomparable, switch-hitting George Herman Ruth Mickey Mantle Mays Ty Cobb Gehrig...
Unmitigated Hell. As editor-publisher, the first man to hold both titles, Vail shares command with his father, Attorney Herman Vail, who was named president earlier this year. But he has complete control over the editorial operation, which some staffers complain has been neglected in recent years. Once known as the lively showcase for Charles Farrar Brown's humorous "Artemus Ward" columns, the Plain Dealer lately has grown stodgy enough to be described as "grandmotherly." Vail aims to shuck that adjective...