Word: performer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from dogcatcher to Grand High Supreme King of the Universe." But the following year he wrote to his old chief of staff Bedell Smith more thoughtfully: "I do not believe that you or I or anyone else has the right to state, categorically, that he will not perform any duty that his country might demand of him . . . Nathan Hale accepted the order to serve as a spy with extreme reluctance and distaste. Nevertheless he did so serve...
Williams' coach, Clarence Chaffee, gives Harvard the edge, because of a "well-balanced squad," but expects a "well-played and hard-fought game." He added that his team had outplayed UMass badly, so he was unable to predict how Williams would perform against stiffer opposition...
...parents polled said they have no respect for their teachers' knowledge. Only 24% of the adults said they admire teachers. In 79 communities, more than half the male teachers hold down after-hours jobs to make ends meet. Most communities (74%) take it for granted that teachers should perform after-school duties with no extra pay. Only 18% of the parents said they would like to see their sons go into teaching, but an almost equal number said "Absolutely...
...arena in which for almost a week reporters beat the bushes for stories, and television cameramen vied with each other for the most sensational shot of the day. One picture sold to a syndicate for $1,500. In this circus-like atmosphere, students were more than willing to perform, while even faculty members rarely hid from the bright lights of national publicity...
...Russian Orthodox faith, Stravinsky is very religious, but rarely goes to church in Los Angeles, where he lives, because "the singing is something terrible.") After struggling with the assignment, he turned up not with a Passion but with his Canticum-and it took a mere 17 minutes to perform. When officials protested, he replied that he could have made it longer, but it would have been no better. If they wanted more music, play it again. And that is just the way it happened...