Word: offerings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...true faith of an Armorer [is] to give arms to all men who offer an honest price for them . . . to Royalist and Republican, to Communist and Capitalist . . . to burglar and policeman, to black man, white man and yellow man, to all nationalities, all faiths, all follies...
...first step in describing silence," says California-born Composer John Cage, "is to use silence itself. Matter of fact, I thought of composing a piece like that. It would be very beautiful, and I would offer it to Muzak...
...days last week the chances for peace in Palestine looked good. The Jews had won their immediate objective-an Egyptian offer to cease fire and talk armistice terms. They quickly accepted. But at week's end the odds in favor of peace were off again...
World-famed German Conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler was worried. Since war's end he had conducted orchestras in Britain and Switzerland, but the bid from Chicago was his first solid offer to conduct again...
...each of them before they began work. "I would like to urge you to guide and instruct," he wrote, "to lead strongly in these artistic matters. But it is obvious, I feel, that the beneficial effect of your leadership will be much greater if the sculptural image which we offer is not too much of a jolt...