Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...staccato-but without grinding the vocal gears. The other crowd snarls it savagely, adagio, making two words out of God-like Gaw-ud-and two out of damn-like da-yam-growled with heart-pumping scorn and generally with a table-pounding drum beat. I belong to the lighter, staccato left wing...
...first selection, Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, was done to perfection. For some strange reason, Dr. Koussevitsky seems to have more or less steered clear of the lighter classical and early romantic composers in most of his programs at Symphony Hall this season. Last night he made up for it with a vengeance. Music of this type must be played cleanly, faultlessly, spiritedly to give the right effect; it is polished, sophisticated music, and needs a polished, sophisticated performance. Dr. Koussevitsky knew the effects he wanted, and got them. In particular, th second and last movements stood out. In the former...
There was plenty of lighter equipment -two-engined bombers and fighters-to keep the enemy nervous and edgy. Manned by both R.A.F. and U.S. crews, they swirled over the Continent from dawn to dark; on one day 400 of them were on the loose. They hacked at light industrial establishments, shot up railroad trains, left locomotives steaming from their sides and ready for a tow to the repair shops...
...year-old artist, brush in hand, died of a heart attack. Last week one Felix Napoleon Gerson of Philadelphia wrote the New York Times that when he attempted one evening in 1883, to stare at the Nymphs and Satyr and use the Hoffman House alcohol cigaret lighter at the same time, the bartender called to him: "Say, young fellow, don't light your nose...
...these gauges are now being rough molded of glass by Corning Glass Works and A. H. Heisey & Co., and finished by instrument makers. Glass gauges do not rust, need not be greased when idle (thus avoiding cleaning before use), are not corroded by perspiration or chemical vapors. Glass is lighter than steel, is less affected by the heat of an inspector's hands. Its transparency is an aid in positioning in the delicate handling necessary in such operations. Once the molds are made, glass gauges cost half as much as steel, may also be colored for quick selection...