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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...controlling nature, has led to "the corollary need to see human personality as an object of control like the rest of nature." And the availability of techniques for an infinite variety of purposes has resulted in neurotic activity, "keeping busy" for its own sake, because "to do is often easier, and may allay anxiety more quickly, than...
Sputnik Rivals. The Atlas, with its nearly 4½ tons, was widely hailed as the heaviest object to be put in orbit, but the Russians were quick to put in a counterclaim. Leonid Sedov, often an official spokesman for Soviet missilemen, declared that each of the three Soviet carrier rockets that orbited the earth weighed considerably more. These weights are not known accurately outside Russia, since the Russians maintain that only the instrument payload is important. The payload of the dog-carrying Sputnik II (instruments, dog, transmitter, etc.) weighed 1,120 lbs., v. the Atlas' 200 plus. Sputnik...
...that Pete will survive with his features unscrambled. While the mayhem builds up though, the show offers a fine sound track. Jazzman Henry Mancini, who boasts some 50 movie credits, composes scores for each show, leads leman band through a whining, insinuating background good enough to become foreground fairly often in the series whenever Pete drops by the club where the apple of his private eye is singing. The music is a lot cooler than even Peter himself...
...Rocket still holds the record for most goals in one season (50 in an abbreviated 50-game season, 1944-45). He is also one of the game's great clutch players, has scored the winning goal in 98 games. Says New York Rangers Defenseman Lou Fontinato, who tangles often with the Rocket: "I don't like to see him out on the ice with the score tied, because then he does the most damage...
...artistic concept is and why she has called for specific details of phrasing, dynamics, tempo. The major problem, she finds, is "getting a new idea of Bach across" to orchestra men chiefly schooled in the romantic repertory of the 19th century. In describing her ideas, she avoids technical detail, often uses phrases like "Keep it broad!" Once, during rehearsal last week, she cried, "You know what I mean," drew from Concertmaster John Corigliano a gentle suggestion: "If you want it, you must show them...