Word: pit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Member of TIME Inc.'s editorial staff from 1929 to 1948; no kin to turn-of-the-century Novelist Frank (short for Benjamin Franklin) Norris (The Octopus, The Pit), or his sister-in-law, Kathleen Norris, dean of women's magazine novelists...
Boston Symphony, scarcely letting us recover from last week's magnificent bombast, will pit two Englishmen--Britten and Walton--against a German, Beethoven, who has written a Pastoral Symphony. Gregor Piatigorsky, cello soloist. At 2:15 p.m. today, 8:30 p.m. tomorrow...
...springing bounce sent Indiana Broad Jumper Greg Bell, 26, sailing 25 ft. 8 ¼ in. down the jumping pit, far enough to win a gold medal with half a foot to spare...
...cramming in as much esoteric knowledge as possible about Napoleon, Egypt, archaeology, physics, intrigue and strategy. Fortunately, both writers are combined in Humorist Ruth (My Sister Eileen) McKenney, so that sex is more often ridiculous than salacious, and the historical asides often get a witty assist over the dusty pit of pedantry...
...Vienna Philharmonic's 140 musicians are among the world's busiest; they spell each other in concerts, the Vienna Opera pit and recording sessions (the orchestra has probably been recorded more often than any other). Most remarkable of all, it is a cooperative group, rules itself democratically and feels no need for a permanent musical director. Secure in the memory of having been conducted by Brahms, Mahler and Richard Strauss, it has the sure flexibility of a string quartet, a sense of inner joy not matched by other, more overpowering orchestras. In time, it may even convert American...