Word: joy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...perfect intonation and virtuosity, and the audience demanded that she repeat it. The second time around, Miss Owen was every inch the soprano. Flowers in hand, she sang to the audience, to the orchestra, to Yannatos and, quite possibly, to Verdi himself. She was obviously enjoying herself and her joy was contagious...
...shipped via the Erie Canal from producers in the East. The expansion of Chicago's meatpacking industry after the Civil War really started the company growing; salt is one of the world's most effective preservatives. The growth also attracted a 24-year-old railroad clerk named Joy Morton, who joined the firm in 1879, owned it by 1885. Morton found salt deposits in nearby Michigan, began producing his own supply, gave the company his name and remained president for 45 years. He also approved Morton's advertising "umbrella girl," probably the most famous female connected with...
Today, Morton is directed from a strikingly modern concrete office building on the Chicago River by Daniel Peterkin Jr., 59, whose father succeeded Joy Morton as the company's president in 1930. Peterkin joined Morton after getting a degree in geology from Princeton, took over as president after his father's death in 1941, when the company's sales were only $12.9 million. Under his aggressive direction, Morton passed its biggest competitor, International Salt, in the mid-'40s, began producing as well as marketing in every region of the country and overseas. In addition...
...Association offered its suggestions on proper conduct. The teachers recommended clapping and cries of "Königin Elizabeth," with curtsying as "optional." Just in case a relative of the Kaisers might induce any other anachronisms, the association nervously suggested that "the word 'Heil' as an expression of joy should be avoided for reasons of tact...
...fool you-it isn't easy music. Have you ever heard a bad chorus sing Thompson? Each of the four parts lies exposed. If one voice sticks out, or one section wanders off pitch by that much, even the Great Tin Ear couldn't miss it. It was a joy to hear Thompson conducting his own music, for he does it well. The Glee Club an Choral Society are to be commended on their blend, tone, and expression, and on their endurance as well (they stood throughout the entire concert...