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...Yuletide season gets under way, shoppers from Bonn to Boston to Buenos Aires can already hear carols resounding through stores. Some salesclerks, however, may find the ceaseless piped-in tunes too much of a good thing. In Linz, Austria, suffering department-store workers have sought their union's help. "It's a clear case of psychoterror," said Eduard Anger, president of the Union of Employees in Private Industry. Relentless repetition of standards like Jingle Bells can cause headaches and leave listeners dizzy, Anger says. He is asking stores to cut some of the caroling, raising clerks' hopes for more silence...
...Linz, Austria...
...best original-instruments ensembles, is answering the question with its traversal of 68 Mozart symphonies-27 more than the commonly accepted 41. They are played on 18th century instruments or modern replicas, which are tuned slightly lower than their modern counterparts. Such familiar works as the "Hajffher" and "Linz"symphonies emerge with new freshness and vitality; by comparison, versions on modern instruments sound stodgy and inflated. A major reevaluation of the classical style, the project is one of the most important in the history of the phonograph...
...Luis Aparicio...the award was presented by midget Eddie Gaedel; 135. Don Drysdale had pitched his sixth consecutive shutout; 136. Carlos May--had his thumb shot off in Marine training; 137. Don Mossi; 138. Cliff Mapes; 139. Joe Pepitone, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra; 140. Coca-Cola; 141. Phil Linz; 142. Bambino; 143. Carl Yastrzemski; 144. Yoo-hoo chocolate drink; 145. Gillette Blue Blades; 146. Ted Williams; 147. 1271, 3rd Avenue; 148. Chesterfields, Camels...
Last year Klaus Hildebrand, professor of Modern History at the University of Muenster in Westphalia, the Federal Republic of Germany, turned down an unofficial offer for the chair and three years ago Juan Linz, professor of Sociology at Yale, also turned down an offer...