Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite a bandaged index finger (which he had cut during a grueling rehearsal), Cliburn displayed the tautly controlled technique, the steel-fingered power and booming romantic style that had dazzled audiences in the opening rounds. Toward the end of the rondo, a piano string snapped under his bold percussive attack. He piled through the rest of the piece without faltering, rose after the final Rachmaninoff to one of the most thunderous ovations ever accorded an artist in Moscow...
...only did he prepare such line by line notes for each play, but also a critical and historical introduction, a glossarial index, and references to textual variances in other editions. To those in scholarly circles, however, his work on Shakespeare comprises only a small part of his achievement, even though it was more glorified by the undergraduates at Harvard than were his other efforts. Far more significant to the development of the study of English language and literature are his discovery of the tremendous influence thirteenth century French poets had on Chaucer, his valuable inquiry into the ways in which...
...leapfrogging race between prices and wages that has continued long after the general economy paused for a breath. Though price cuts are on the rise (see Metals), they have not been fast or sharp enough to hold down the steady rise in the cost-of-living index. Nor has labor trimmed its wage demands in the face of poor sales and lower profits (see Autos). Last week Chicago Federal Reserve President Carl E. Allen took both management and labor to task for what he called a "price and cost rigidity" that hinders the U.S. economy. His plea: more flexibility...
...driver, California's Phil Hill, coasted home first. Another factory-entered Ferrari was an easy second. In third place came a perky little Porsche Spyder (1,587 cc.) that had played it cozy all through the race, lying back waiting for the front runners to falter. Index of Performance prize, for the car that came closest to the theoretical limit of its performance, .went to a tiny (748 cc.) OSCA driven by a prudent couple from West Palm Beach named Alejandro and Isabelle de Tomaso...
...beefeaters. Each 1½ boost will bring almost a 2? rise in the price of dressed beef. Although packers, processors and retailers will absorb much of the increase, some of it will fall on the consumer. Rising beef prices are one of the reasons that the consumer price index, up .2% in February, will probably continue...