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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...playing and singing in the Magnificat were generally of high quality. The vocal soloists, Lee Calder, Dorothy Crawford, Sarah Jane Smith, Thomas Beveridge, and Karl Sorensen all gave musicianly readings of the arias, duet, and trio. At times there was not sufficient balance between soloist and orchestra, as often the result of too soft singing as too loud playing. Dorothy Crawford, in particular, could not seem to muster enough volume. There were also instances of imbalance between chorus and orchestra, caused mainly by the great army of tenors and basses that filled the stage...

Author: By Bertram Baldwin, | Title: Gabrieli and Bach | 4/16/1957 | See Source »

Corporate and individual income taxes are only part of a small businessman's tax troubles. There are many other taxes that often discriminate against him in favor of big business. For example, many small companies with limited capital are forced to buy used equipment or old buildings, but must depreciate their investment for tax purposes at a less favorable rate than permitted for the new equipment big companies can afford to buy. Worst of all, inheritance taxes are so stiff that the heirs of many small family-owned businesses are often forced to sell off their holdings at distress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: SMALL BUSINESS | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

...things that Paddy is are hard at work in this film, but often they are working at cross-purposes with something he is not but would apparently like to be: the father of his country. In other plays he has sometimes shown a tiresome tendency to prate, but in this one he spends rather more than an hour in mounting the pulpit and clearing his throat. When at last he thunders forth his text, the congregation is ready to hear the wisdom of the ages. Instead, the message runs something like this: "Don't cheat on your wife. Because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 15, 1957 | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

...that future employers had to be taken into consideration in making college plans, and advised, "don't be aloof from the requirements of the economic world, but don't be governed by them." He urged that each freshman include "some basic science and math" in his curriculum, because employers often look for students with this training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crooks Says Choice Necessary Between Specialist, 'Whole Man' | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

...real question is how educational it is to read a book solely to pass an exam. Certainly it can on occasion be a good thing since there is the possibility of becoming engrossed in the book. But preparation for Generals more often consists of a hectic race through a vast mass of material, the only result of which is a permanent prejudice against certain English authors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reform Wanted | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

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