Word: perlman
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Heavenly, Beautiful. In such a hotbed of violinists, a touring virtuoso must display truly extraordinary gifts to elicit any kind of favorable response from the discerning Israeli critics and audiences. Last week just such an extraordinary talent came to Israel-Itzhak Perlman, 19, on his first visit to his native land since he left to study in the U.S. six years ago. Crisscrossing the country for eight concerts, Perlman drew rapturous reviews: "heavenly, beautiful," "already a master," "in the front row of the very few great violinists of our day." Said Michal Smoira, critic for Tel Aviv's Haaretz...
...Aviv's Mann Auditorium, Perlman played the Sibelius and Tchaikovsky concertos. Hunching forward, lips pursed, he coaxed an exceptionally warm and blooming tone from his instrument with his dancing, stubby fingers and vigorous strokes of the bow. Afterward the audience of 2,500 cheered for 15 minutes and shouted for an encore, something they rarely...
Exposure Problem. Perlman is a polio victim. He hobbles onto the stage on crutches and plays sitting down. He was stricken with the disease when he was four and lived for one year in bed with his violin. As soon as he was able to get around, he entered music school. At 13, he won a scholarship to Manhattan's Juilliard School of Music, where he has been a student ever since. His parents, Zionist pioneers who came to Israel in the 1930s, moved to New York City with him. His father now folds shirts in a Manhattan laundry...
...greatest barrier to a Pennsy-Central merger has been labor's objection. Much of the barrier was removed last month, when the chiefs of 17 rail unions signed a job-protection deal with Pennsy Chairman Stuart Saunders and New York Central President Alfred Perlman. Terms: if the merger is consummated, the labor force cannot be reduced by more than 5% each year. An ICC hearing examiner will make a recommendation on the merger by year's end, and railroaders are hopeful that the ICC's eleven commissioners will give the two roads a go-ahead...
Principally responsible for the B. & O.C. & O. merger is C. & O. President Walter Tuohy, who this week also becomes chairman of the B. & O. Tuohy, 62, an elfin onetime coal salesman who outmaneuvered New York Central President Alfred Perlman in persuading B. & O. stockholders to join with him instead of Central, plans to save $50 million annually by integrating operations. Seaboard President John W. Smith will run the new Seaboard Coastline Railroad, which hopes ultimately to save $38 million yearly, partly by eliminating 4,200 jobs along its frequently overlapping routes...