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Broken Rule. Such maverick practices are getting Steinberg everywhere. Since he took over the listless Pittsburgh Symphony in 1952, he has molded it into a musical instrument of precision and depth; it now ranks as one of the five or six best orchestras in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Orchestras: A Leader of Equals | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

...Palace was no place for Republican moderation. The amendments on extremism and nuclear weapons control lost by huge head counts, with shoulder-to-shoulder phalanxes of Goldwater people rising to vote no. And when the long-and relatively listless-debate on civil rights ended, Morton polled each delegation, got a stunning show of Barry's strength: the amendment was beaten 897 to 409. When the delegates trudged out after eight hours, it was 3:30 on the East Coast-and the Goldwaterites' late late show of power had been missed by millions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Republicans: The Late Late Show | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

...coalmine employment plunged from 14,000 to 1,750; young people began leaving town at the rate of a thousand a year. In Hazleton it became the rule rather than the exception for wives to plod off to work at sewing machines in the textile and garment plants while listless, jobless husbands stayed home to keep house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennsylvania: Hope in Appalachia | 6/5/1964 | See Source »

Playing without defenseman Fred Gates, a tense and listless Crimson team was soundly beaten by Yale, 9-6, and ended the Ivy season with a 4-2 record...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Lacrosse Team Loses, But Ties for Ivy Title | 5/18/1964 | See Source »

...settle around B-/C+; but a single student's grades generally do not fluctuate very much. Their patterned method of working meets with a consistent degree of success. Given the nature of Harvard markings, a Striver rarely flunks out; more likely a bad Striver gets a C- and the listless comment "dull...

Author: By Faye Levine, | Title: On Handling Academia: Strive, Scoff, or Skip | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

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