Word: isn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...strange assembly that the eight representatives of the great powers (two from each nation) look down upon. The women match the men in the shabbiness of their dress; there isn't a firm trouser crease or an even hemline. There is only a hushed attentiveness, as their eyes move studyingly from the speaker to the faces of their conquerors of three years ago. Occasionally, there sounds the discreet rustle of wax paper as a representative of the people unwraps his brown bread sandwich, neatly folds the paper and tucks it back in his pocket for future use. The linoleum...
...answer is that there is much more to conducting than just keeping time; though even keeping time in a complicated score isn't always easy. At any given moment the flute player or the violinist is concerned only with his own note, which the conductor must blend-in time and volume-with the playing of 100 others. And while concentrating on the notes being played at any given moment, the conductor must also have one part of his mind listening to the entire piece. He must be on guard not to exhaust prematurely, in a too early climax...
...approve of a compulsory tax on themselves to finance student activities. Until such a time as a large majority of students wish to be so taxed or Millionaire Alumnus X comes forward with the necessary endowment, requests from organizations for financial aid will have to be turned down. This isn't a result of the sadistic perversity of the Dean's Office. There just isn't any pot of gold buried in University Hall...
Ordinarily a fair weather fanatic, baseball coach Dolph Samborski won't be too sorry if it rains today. This afternoon the Varsity nine faces Holy Cross, one of the stronger clubs in the rural regions, at Worcester, and Samborski still isn't sure he has a starting pitcher...
...Mikkola isn't the only coach who will be checking the Varsity times. With the Harvard-Yale meet only two weeks off, Eli coach Bob Giegengack may well read Crimson summaries tomorrow closely...