Word: performances
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unify theories of gravitational and electrical forces an attempt to solve U.S. Navy mathematico-physical problems (TIME, July 5). His aureole of white hair droops in summer's heat, a string upholds his cheap blue denim pants. Says he: "Here we cook with water." Interpreted a colleague: "We perform no miracles." A current item of Einsteiniana titillating the Institute: on one of his blackboards bearing a brain-taxing mathematical equation, the charwoman found the word "Erase." On another blackboard, marked "Do not erase," was blazoned the formula...
...orchestra's ambitious attempt to perform Schubort's 5th Symphony with only 19 pieces was highly successful, the lighter tone making the texture clearer than in the more usual large-orchestra version. Mr. Zighera controlled the dynamics masterfully and the individual players handed the theme back and forth with a team-work essential to a small ensemble. There were not enough violins, however, to balance the rest of the orchestra, as their enunciation of themes was occasionally smothered by the other instruments...
...insufficient salt & pepper hair. He likes his fun and has it, drinks a wide variety of liquors, from national raki to good Scotch whiskey, but is more moderate now than in his younger days. He is still spry in friendly company, often takes to the dance floor to perform the Sarizeybek, a finger-snapping, foot-stomping Izmir mountain dance learned in his native village...
...individuals with a yen to see their names sprawled across the satin backs or sweatered fronts of cavorting U.S. tomboys. On Softball's miniature diamond (bases are 60 ft. apart instead of 90) and aided by Softball's underhand pitching, girls can pitch, bat, field grounders, otherwise perform like a reasonable facsimile of the male...
...critical examination. Some bankers have presumably become wiser for their bitter experiences, but they lack the opportunity to prove their wisdom and to attract new, able personnel. The public can well afford to insist that in the world economy bankers and the profit motive be given a chance to perform as they performed in the most thriving period of the world's history...