Word: note
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Researcher Sandra Burton started her reporting by sending a note to every single person on the TIME editorial staff requesting suggestions, experiences and opinions, carefully promising to "keep confidences." Then she put on her most searching demeanor and went prowling through the haunts of New York singles, posing as a lonely girl looking for a date. On a "Singles Weekend" at the Concord Hotel in the Catskills, her most gamesmanlike experience was with a young liquor distributor who, to build his image as a swinging single, had his room stocked with a case of champagne...
...very strong and equipped much better than most groups. They had the combined experience of climbing on every continent of the world and their leader was a cool-headed veteran of two Antarctica expeditions. I find their loss only a little short of unbelievable. It is interesting to note that all fatal accidents on Mount McKinley have involved very experienced climbers. Mountaineers should be aware that infrequent situations do occur that probably no one can cope with. To suggest that this recent disaster could have been foreseen would not only discredit the victims but also be unfair to future expeditions...
...public-address system has replaced the megaphone, and jet planes overhead often add a discordant note. But the grace notes of yesterday still abound...
...clear that he had more musical shockers in store for future Darmstadt sessions. "For centuries we have dealt with intervals of pitch," he said, "but what about similar intervals, or proportions, of rhythm, volume, timbre and other musical elements? We talk about an octave, which means the higher note has twice the vibrations of the lower, but what about an octave in volume, one level being double the other? Or a fourth of rhythm, or a major seventh of timbre...
This time the setting is California, and those who retain some literary standards in today's bull market will note the marked inferiority of the local products to Genet's gothic...