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...Barbirolli made a greater mistake in accepting it. No two conductors could have been more different-in style, in approach to music, in taste, in general attitude toward conducting. Toscanini, the legendary martinet who kept the smallest details in perfect order, was the complete opposite of the mild-mannered Barbirolli, whose relaxed, romantic interpretations were based more on love than on technicality. When his contract at New York ran out, Barbirolli returned to England, by all accounts a failure, and took over the almost moribund Halle Orchestra of Manchester...
...meek and he is mild...
Steinberg later suffered a mild heart attack and had to give up most of the 1969-70 season; Thomas conducted 34 of the Boston Symphony's concerts and was on the podium at its spring recording sessions. The first results, Ives' Three Places in New England and Ruggles' Sun-Treader, soon to be released on a DGG LP, is 20th century music making at its best. Having established himself as a splendid standin, Thomas was asked to fly to London on short notice in May to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra. He was brilliant, especially in Stravinsky...
...Panthers and their supporters staged a relatively mild street demonstration, demanding McLucas' complete exoneration. Overall, however, there was an atmosphere of good feeling that had hardly been evident at the trial's outset. Beginning with the May Day demonstrations in New Haven that almost erupted in bloody rioting, city and court officials were nervous about potential violence. Bulletproof windows were installed in Judge Mulvey's courtroom, and protesters were banned from demonstrating on the courthouse steps. Marshals frisked those attending the trial...
Consumers have considerable reason for their gloom. The business downturn, even if it is too mild to merit the term "recession," can still cause widespread and severe economic pain. Last week Honeywell, Lockheed-Georgia and Western Electric announced new layoffs, and several retail chains reported large declines in second-quarter profits or a loss. No less than 21% of the people polled by Harris reported that their own households had been affected by layoffs, cuts in overtime or reductions in regular work weeks; 30% told Harris that their own standard of living had dropped in the past year...