Word: minored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surrender "to a higher power" is the only successful approach to all personal problems. And for centuries before Christianity this principle was proclaimed. Aldous Huxley in The Perennial Philosophy says that self-surrender "is inculcated ... in the . . . writings of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and most of the other major and minor religions of the world." In recent years in the popular publications, A.A. and many other laymen and churchmen have been advocating this approach to abundant living. It is nice to know that science is at last catching up with the Truth. RUTH HITCHCOCK DAVIS Wakefield, Mass...
Something for the Boys. In 1942 Petrillo took his biggest gamble. He pulled musicians out of all the nation's recording studios and demanded a royalty on every record sold. Before the ban was over Franklin Roosevelt himself had asked Petrillo to relent. He refused. Some minor companies had already capitulated and, after 27 months, the big record companies surrendered...
...patrons, Richmond Poetaster Mann Valentine (whose minor and forgotten writings he illustrated) tried to put the successful young painter under a microscope. Hubard, Valentine wrote, was "small, delicate looking, black hair, brown eyes, harelip, Roman nose, large mouth; strongly marked features:-when quiet- painful, sad, and thoughtful; when he laughs it is hysterical and rarely with a hearty guffah...
Musically the most interesting was Horowitz's Chopin. By choosing the Nocturnes in E Minor and F Sharp Major and the Ballade in G Minor, he faced the ticklish problem of making three rather schmalzy examples of Chopin appear credible. And his success was immense. In the Nocturnes, especially, the gently charm with which he played was a welcome change both from the rather brittle tone he usually uses and from the gooey-tear-stained manner in which Chopin's Nocturnes are too often played...
Last week, in a sidewalk interview with a seven-year-old moviegoer who had just seen The Foxes of Harrow, Funt recorded a minor classic of movie reviewing...