Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...government ever gave so much time and thought to a single problem as Britain gave to India during the three Round-table Conferences, the sittings of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament and the interminable debates in the House of Commons that preceded passage of the India Bill in its final form. The controversy shook the Conservative Party to its foundations; Stanley Baldwin staked his political future upon pushing the new Constitution through...
...balance so that the body's centre of gravity lies in the sacrum (base of the spine). When the human animal stands properly erect, an imaginary line should cut the nose, chin, breastbone and crotch. Another imaginary line should drop from the mastoid, in front of the shoulder joint, through the elbow and little finger (palm turned to the rear), side of knee and ankle. This is achieved by standing with feet together, shoulders held back, abdomen tucked in, buttocks clenched...
Principal event on the schedule is a joint performance with the Radcliffe Choral Society at Town Hall at New York, on Saturday evening. A chorus of 130 will render seven selections. The Principal one will be "Tarantella; Mater, Ades", from Ovid's "Fasti", by Elliott Carter '30. This will be the first time that it has ever been performed. Other selections include part of Schubert's "Valses Nobles", "Of Doming Jean Christe" by Josquin des Pres, and the first American performance of "Two Religious songs", by a Spanlarn, Antonio do Cahezon...
Last week it looked as if he might gain his ambiguous end when, after several days' conferences, he agreed with the Committee in Washington to create a joint committee of experts: 1) to study and recommend a program "for the adjustment of the Philippine national recovery," 2) to consider the economic merits of advancing the date of complete Philippine independence from...
Last season, the joint forces of the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented John Sebastian Bach's magnificent St. Matthew Passion for the first time in these parts in several years. The results so pleased Dr. Koussevitzy that he determined to repeat the work this year in the ideal manner--that is on Good Friday. Thus, today is the date of the performance of the greatest of all Passion music, which is to be given at Symphony Hall in two parts: 4:30 p. m. and after an intermission...