Word: parte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...about the dominance of the brass was overruled by its ability. From my point of view, Bloch's Concerto Grosso was the tour de force of the evening. The strings joined together with such power an assurance that I truly regretted the omission of the third movement. The piano part is chiefly one of doubling. This was unfortunate last night, for it gave the audience no chance to appreciate Karl Kohn's superb playing...
...part of its program, the Maritime Commission had slashed the wartime limit of 900 passengers for each ship to 600 and added recreational facilities. The nine ships are the Ernie Pyle, Marine Tiger, Marine Jumper, Marine Shark, Marine Carp. Marine Marlin, Marine Flasher, Marine Robin, and Marine Perch...
...part of the grass-roots campaign to bring Main Street to Wall Street, the Stock Exchange itself was launching a $500,000 advertising campaign. Its theme was that those with small incomes should buy stocks in the same regular way they buy insurance. Said New York Stock Exchange President Emil Schram: "An investor can buy any number of shares on the Stock Exchange-i, 10, 14, 20, or more-and such orders are welcomed by our member firms and given just as much attention as 100 shares...
...Royal Little had set up six such trusts. Part of their tax-free income, which had totaled nearly $10 million, had been used to finance Textron's expansion. The trusts had paid out very little to their beneficiaries. Example: the Rhode Island Charities Trust had taken in $4,500,000, paid out $85,000 to its beneficiary (the Providence Community Chest). But it had paid out $140,000 to its trustees and banker...
...remodeling of English A is part of the expanded General Education program proposed for the Class of 1955. Freshmen in that class will still be screened by an anticipatory exam, but it will be far less difficult than the present annual fall epic. Those who can't meet the requirement will take a non-credit half-course in corrective English composition, while others can move right into a greatly expanded English C, if they wish. Integrated into the new set-up will be a much stronger emphasis on writing for specific purposes, the type of writing that will be most...