Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Instead, it has six main mirrors, ,JS each with a diameter of 1.8 meters (72 in.). Arrayed in a circle and directing their light on a common focus to produce a single image, they gather as much light as a traditional 4.5-meter (176-in.) instrument. Thus, the so-called Multiple-Mirror Telescope is exceeded only by Palomar's 5-meter (200-in.) mirror and the new Soviet 6-meter (240-in.) telescope...
There was great need for the instrument; with their field undergoing explosive growth, U.S. astronomers were already waiting a year or more for a few precious days' viewing time on one of the nation's handful of major telescopes. MMT's builders had another incentive: the Air Force had available a number of lightweight 1.8-meter blank mirrors, presumably discards from its spy-satellite program...
...song, done with great control and feeling by bassist Peter ("et") Cetera. It may not be their most effective attempt, but sandwiched between two hot, hard-driving numbers it does very well for itself. While Cetera and Dacus, along with pianist Bobby Lamm, do all the vocals, the highlighted instrument in each number varies, with flutes, trombones, guitars, pianos, and even synthesizers snaking their way through the medley of sound. Chicago pieces are rarely dominated by a single performer. However, in their interweaving of sounds and the multi-rhythmic arrangements they are more closely related to classical suites than...
Overall, Alice is a bit long, too loud here and there, and a touch gimmicky: the stage bulges with strange percussive instruments used for special effects. The large orchestra, which includes brasses fit for Mahler or Richard Strauss, sometimes sounds like an elephant loose at a Victorian tea party. The trombones, trumpets and horns often drown out Hendricks, even though her voice is amplified. Still, Del Tredici has a winning ear. The eerie whoosh of a theremin, a primitive electronic instrument, signals Alice's alarming growth. Tempos slow down and shoot forward, keys slip in and out of place...
...Swiss chocolates. Prices of domestic goods go up because the competing imports are more expensive; the dollar's decline will add as much as 1.5% to the inflation rate this year. More important, a nation's currency is the symbol of its economic vitality and the instrument by which it exercises its world role. The fall of the once-mighty British pound from $4.03 to a low of $1.55 was both a contributor to and a measure of Britain's postwar decline. When Charles de Gaulle returned to power in 1958, one of his first acts...