Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...introduction were played too slowly and without the indicated rest beforehand. Not even in syncopated rhythms was the uniform level of long bowings varied. The last movement was indeed played with a bright and appropriate staccato, but Mr. Greenebaum, as if mistrusting the work's power to hold attention, inserted an uncharacteristic and unwarranted dynamic change...
...Successes. Sooner or later, all the form charts got fouled up. The prognosticators are learning all over again that the one-platoon game gives every underdog a chance. Colleges that cannot afford to beat the bushes for hordes of burly ballplayers can hold their own if they can sign up a small squad of good men. The limited-substitution rule keeps the football factories from beating them down with sheer manpower. The G.I.'s, dependable veterans who could be counted on for a polished performance every Saturday, are all gone. In their place, some of the best teams...
Then, if Dave feels the crowd with him and if his psyche is in good order, a unique event takes place. The rhythm seems to take hold of everybody in the room. Drummer Dodge feels it and starts to bang on his Chinese cymbal (an instrument studded with loose rivets that buzz like a dozen sizzling steaks), and his bass drum whaps out compulsively, unpredictably. Bates hunches closer to his bass. Desmond, his lips without their mouthpiece looking like a nearsighted man's eyes without his spectacles, moves quietly away from the piano. Brubeck seems to cut his ties...
Lawrence, which Pusey headed for ten years before coming to Harvard, will present an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to him on Thursday at its weekly student convocation. Afterwards, its trusteees will hold a luncheon reception...
Hockey coach Cooney Weiland will hold the season's first practice for 40 varsity candidates this afternoon at the Boston Garden. Weiland's main problem will be finding defensemen, since senior Ned Almy is the only returning blue-line veteran...