Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House at fault for misdirecting and misusing the agency? Should it be more tightly supervised, and if so, by whom? In addition, the controversy spotlighted the fundamental dilemma posed by an open, democratic society using covert activity ?the "dirty tricks" or "black" side of intelligence organizations?as an instrument of foreign policy...
Wage Hikes. For the past seven months, Labor has tried to stem inflation, but with little success. Wilson has relied on persuasion to limit wage hikes. His chosen instrument has been "the social contract," an informal agreement between trade unions and government in which union leaders have pledged to seek salary increases only if they are needed to maintain their members' standard of living. So far, the social contract has not been tested by any major labor-management dispute. Many are skeptical whether Wilson's policy of persuasion alone could restrain wages if subjected to a series...
Died. Harry Partch, 73, far-out American composer and instrument maker; of a heart attack; in San Diego...
Musical talent abounds in the class of '78. Over half the class plays some instrument with the most popular form of expression (not surprisingly) being guitar, piano and of course, listening to stereo. Stereo fanatics run rampant here. Cambridge is an audiophile's paradise. About a dozen stores around the square deal stereo components. The Coop has one of the largest rock, jazz, folk and classical record stocks in Boston. If you're not tuned in before you get here, you probably will be in a short time...
Earlier in this century, composers rarely featured the cello, considering it a lowly second cousin to the violin. Artists like Pablo Casals, Gregor Piatigorsky, Mstislav Rostropovich and Starker revealed the silken tonal beauty of the instrument. Still, the repertory remains narrow. Starker speculates that this Brahms sonata, written in the year of the composer's death (1897), may have been his last work. In any event, his publisher died soon after. With the decline of the firm, copies of the Brahms sonata may have been overlooked until at last the so nata disappeared from view...