Word: humoredly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...choice of works was undoubtedly a handicap to the orchestra in the first place. The major work, Haydn's Symphony No. 44 in e minor, is not one of his happiest compositions, being almost devoid of humor or lightness. The orchestra was having problems of intonation, and not until the last movement did they relax and play freely. By that time, the nervousness and tension which dominated the first half of the program began to wear off, and both the tone and the ensemble work improved noticeably...
...home in Lincoln Center) and by the difficulties of competing for top talent with the state-supported European houses. But in addition to its European stars, it can rely on a fine supply of home-grown talent, enormous, well-earned prestige, and a manager with a sense of humor. Last week Manager Bing heard that one of the speakers scheduled for the anniversary program planned to invoke a comparison with Elvis Presley. He promptly sat down and scrawled a note: "I feel this name ought not to be mentioned in our House! We do not acknowledge his existence...
...Mike offered his departing handshake he said with the diplomatic sincerity which marked his visit to Harvard, "I wish I could stay here and study for two years." And then he added with a revelation of his quiet humor, "Maybe they could use me at the Russian Institute here...
...been awesome indeed, has perhaps even exceeded himself with the assertion that these low fellows are engaged in a plot that "strikes at the roots of the House system." And Master Finley, whose record in the field of verities also cannot be underestimated, has observed with his usual good humor that "one student told me he had a little more privacy but a lot less hot water...
Other Masters, like jolly school teachers, find only a certain whimsical humor in the supposition that any sane, intelligent undergraduate would want to live outside the amenable ivy walls of their domains. They seem puzzled, and try to figure out what whims of motivation could be making certain students act so strangely. Mr. Conway, after he admits there was much pressure to live out, blandly observes that the policy of private residence was "a good thing in itself, demonstrating the values of House life." That is, everyone who lives outside the warm House walls this year will find...