Word: performances
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more important, the audience was restless when the Harvard Band appeared for the second half of its concert. Somehow Malcolm Holmes '28 manages to have his musicians perform one superb concert after another. Even in the heavier textured pieces of Prokofiev and Moussorgsky, the band sounded richer and fuller than ever before. The other familiar pieces were sharp and exciting, as always...
...human beings, because this would be the easiest way to silence his critics. But society would frown on anyone who stuck babies in a cage and moulded their behavior in set patterns, or observed their actions when deprived of food and water. Skinner believes, however, that he can perform less damaging experiments with the feeble-minded. "They wouldn't be hurt at all. They would probably benefit from the studies...
...Troubles. At Martin, Wonder Boy Bunker will have to perform wonders. Last year, though the company had a backlog of $400 million, it lost an estimated $22 million. Part of Martin's troubles stern from its helter-skelter expansion after Korea. Its work force mushroomed from 7,500 to 23,000; the average length of employment among its workers dropped from twelve years to six months. Turnover jumped from 12% to 70%, and absenteeism soared...
...last year's most popular stars will also appear. Sophomore Jerry Alch will be the M.C. again, while juggler Hugh Shepley will perform for his fourth consecutive year...
Advanced Planet. The saucers cannot be of terrestrial origin, Riedel reasons, because: 1) their skin temperatures must be too high for any material known on earth; 2) they perform maneuvers that require a pilot, but which would kill any human pilot; 3) their propulsive systems leave no trails at high altitude, as all systems known on earth do. Therefore, thinks Riedel, the things must come from a planet where air and space technology is more advanced than on earth...