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Word: organism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such unlikely feats of animal training as teaching pigeons to play Ping Pong. Encouraged by Skinner, Willard decided to turn to primates as aides for the paralyzed because of the animals' grasping ability. She settled on capuchin monkeys. Only 1% ft. high, they have long been used by organ-grinders, are highly intelligent, far more malleable than larger monkeys, and can live up to 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Live-In Monkeys | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Halian Organ works--Luigi Tagliavini, Appleton chapel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: March 15-March 21 (film listings on page four) | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Sweelinck, Baxtennde, Pachelbel, Bach--Jonathan Barnhart, organ, King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St., Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: March 15-March 21 (film listings on page four) | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Bach-- James Johnson, organ: Busch-Reisinger Museum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: March 15-March 21 (film listings on page four) | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

...piece was Henry Brant's Orbits, subtitled "a spatial ritual." After Conductor Gerhard Samuel's final beat of the baton, the composer rose from his seat at the organ to acknowledge a standing ovation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dem Bones | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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