Word: noted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last week, on a rare note of bewilderment, Eugene Cervi confessed on Page One that the Rocky Mountain Journal's antitax campaign had received a mountainous boost; to his office had come a letter from an anonymous "admirer" urging continued efforts to "stop big Nick in his tax campaign." Enclosed: a $1,000 bill, with the suggestion: "If you can't go along with my idea, then turn the money over to your favorite charity...
...perverse bribe, a gift of gratitude, prelude to a trap to be sprung later or giving vent to honest outrage?" In a P.S. to the sender, Editor Cervi suggested: "If this is a trick, why don't you try us out on a $100,000 note...
...Commenting on the shortage of college teachers, President Charles Cole of Amherst sounded one happy note: "Our students are usually hand-fed intellectually and hand-driven over the hurdles of a college course. Our system works fairly well, but it may have tended to reduce the originality and ingenuity of our students. With too few teachers, we're going to have to turn the students loose-put them on their own-leave them to find their way through difficulties. I think it will be a good thing...
...Three-and-a-half years ago, when viewers and listeners* heard that after more than 25 years NBC would have to evict Voice to allow for the modern, ratings-shaped concept of mass over class, Firestone fans became as loud as they had been loyal. Without missing a note, Voice moved over to ABC, and has rolled along placidly there ever since. The show still opens with the late Idabelle Firestone's If I Could Tell You ("of my devotion") and closes on Idabelle's In My Garden. Although the Firestone family influence on the show is waning...
Mozart: Divertimenti (Vienna Philharmonic Wind Group, Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet; Westminster, 5 separate LPs). Three of these disks for various combinations of woodwinds have an outdoor note that adds a tart delight to indoor listening. They are cleanly played, gay, youthful craft pieces composed for special occasions. The music bounces and jumps, always with 18th century dignity, puts no strain on the intellect. The other two disks are scored for strings and have a bit more body and substance...