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DIED. Carl Orff, 86, German composer who turned his back on complex modern styles to fashion a highly personal idiom of folklike melodies and elemental rhythms; in Munich. In Carmina Burana, a 1936 cantata based on writings collected by a 13th century Benedictine monk, Orff used simple, vigorous tunes and...
Some of those houses are already preparing for a siege by selling directly to customers: cookbooks in gourmet shops, tax guides in banks. Most have pared their lists dramatically to lower costs. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich has cut back from 110 titles in 1970 to 70 books this year. Says Jovanovich...
"The secret is to roll with the punches," says Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis. "When the schedule changes, you've got to be totally flexible, whatever comes. Just don't worry about it." Lewis and his wife Marilyn, both 50, seem to spend half their time in automobiles...
"The entire exercise is one that leaves me very cold indeed," said President Bok, referring to this damaging commercial spirit that taints the high-minded goals of higher education. And indeed Bok, as a leader of American education, has every right to lament last week's developments. But whether, as...
The swordswomen, who at the start of the weekend planned to fence three meets, found their matches pared down to only one. Soon after SMU cancelled the team meet. MIT called off its annual Christmas Invitational because of the snow. The individual competition will probably not be rescheduled because, as...