Word: nova
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...FESTIVAL (NET, 9-10 p.m.). Brazil's changing music scene is the subject of "The World of the Bossa Nova...
...Split. It was after a 1952 painting expedition to Nova Scotia that Frankenthaler painted Mountains and Sea, a wonderfully warm and gentle abstract landscape in which for the first time she developed the stain technique. She moved her canvas onto the floor and began to use her shoulder rather than her wrist, employed paint cans rather than palettes, and a sponge as well as a brush. With a few minor variations, she still uses the technique today. It enables her to play unendingly with soft, airy, graceful forms...
...Dave Brubeck, as he lays down a firm base of intricate rhythms and unpredictable chord progressions. The right hand produces a steady, lilting melodic line that can flow from originals to classic themes-as in Chopin Prelude/ How Insensitive, which leads from an E minor prelude into a bossa nova favorite with a similar mood and melody. Pretty good for a 15-year-old. As Critic Leonard Feather puts it, by the time Craig Hundley is old enough to shave, he might well be the best-known pianist in jazz...
...bathing suit, because Varadero Beach, a 15-mile-long ribbon of white sand, is magnificent. Passengers on Eastern Flight 73 were berthed here. They were allowed to go swimming. They were also fed a free meal (appetizer, roast beef, rice, salad, dessert) while two Cuban bands played bossa nova and blues in the background...
...already trading up. At this year's show, Volkswagen introduced a four-door 1600 model sedan that will sell for $3,733 v. $2,666 for "the beetle." Similarly, General Motors showed off the Opala, its first made-in-Brazil sedan, a cross between the U.S. Chevy Nova and the German Opel. Depending on the model, it will sell for $4,250 to $4.800-about twice as much as a similar car made in the U.S., where taxes are lower. Ford's trade-up entry is the compact Corcel ($3,436). The highest-priced car at the show...