Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...open a small hedge on the future. The past, in Georgy Zhukov's case, is also instructive. His hazardous climb from Czarist dragoon to Communist marshal, his differences with the military commissars, his fallings in and out of Communist favor, are significant clues to the nature of the instrument he has wielded with such success...
...importance of keyboard technique and requires concentrators to play Bach's easy preludes and sight-read simple four-part chorale harmonizations. For those who fail, it provides free lessons. But there are no further provisions for those who wish to further their mastery of the piano or any other instrument. Playing ability remains at a relatively low level while a student studies advanced harmony, counterpoint, or composition. Private lessons, in addition to their expense, require time which a full schedule of liberal arts courses does not permit...
Symbol of Confidence. Acting unilaterally and with a certain haste (to strengthen Chancellor Adenauer's position), the U.S. sent High Commissioner James B. Conant to deposit the instrument of U.S. ratification of the West European treaties in Bonn, ahead of the British and French, instead of together as originally planned. Conant signed the protocols with Adenauer, while a crowd of U.S. and German dignitaries and newsmen looked on. Said Der Alte: "I value this as a symbol of confidence and friendship. It obligates us to carry on and deepen our mutual work...
...talk much about directives at that time. In the Harvard branch we all felt free, within fairly large limits, to disagree with party functionaries. . . It is therefore dangerous and unfair to assume that because an individual was once a member of the party he was its perfect and willing instrument." All who have testified agree that the group was not engaged in espionage or sabotage...
Cheese Was No Lure. This is the time to expect the unexpected. Desert jack rabbits like to feed on insulation. Once a kangaroo rat was found nesting in an essential instrument at the last minute. An atomic engineer tried to lure him out with cheese, but kangaroo rats don't eat cheese. Hundreds of nervous technicians waited until one found out how to catch a rat. In the lonely hours between midnight and 3 a.m., Graves is still checking, between catnaps and gin rummy games. To help predict the blast effects of each atomic explosion, World War II Navy...