Word: minor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first day out, rusty water ran from the taps, and showers overshot their marks in the newly refitted bathrooms. Dust blew out of air-conditioners and the movie projector blacked out several times. But luxury-starved Britons cared little for such minor hitches. At the end of two days under a perfect summer sky, a svelte passenger stood by the ship's side inhaling the soft night air. Suddenly she caught sight of a dockside below littered with trucks, bales and dingy trains. "Oh, my God," she exclaimed, "how ghastly to see the Southern Railway again...
...Summer Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Milton Katims conducting Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Turina's La Oración del Torero, Khachaturian's Suite from Gayane...
...many Carmelites frankly preferred the Shriners' circus in nearby Salinas. But those who gave Bach a try got preludes and fugues on the organ, cantatas, all the Brandenburg concertos and a few works by other 18th Century composers. The big event was two performances of the great B Minor Mass. It rated a B minus for Bach -the strings were uneven and the chorus occasionally mushy-but it deserved an A for effort...
Last night's program might well have been considered a minor triumph for Goldovsky. Of the five scenes offered, two of the most ambitious were directed and conducted entirely by students, while the other three had students at least in the conductor's podium if not in the director's chair...
John Betjeman, an Englishman with a Dutch name, is one of the pleasantest minor writers in the world. This book, a selection of his verse and prose, introduces him to the U.S. public. Betjeman (pronounced Betch-man) is minor but not slick; he is, in a very light and quiet way, a serious poet. If laurel wreaths may be awarded for a variety of sane satires and affections, for blandness of style and an ear for delectable rhythms, Betjeman deserves at least a small...