Word: placidness
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...Senate's Interior Committee finally approved one of the most controversial of President Kennedy's political appointees last week, but not without a wrangle that caused a sensation in the placid Virgin Islands and some raised eyebrows in Washington. At issue was the appointment of Millionaire Democrat Ralph Paiewonsky, 53, to be Territorial Governor of the Virgin Islands. The question: How could Paiewonsky possibly avoid conflict of interest considering the fact that his family owns the islands' biggest rum distillery as well as wide-ranging island interests in real estate, movies, liquor, stationery and gift shops...
...Congo last week found itself with a new political structure, a new name-and perhaps even a prospect of peace Among the island palms of placid Madagascar, most of the faction leaders me for a sweltering summit parley, agreed to split the nation into eight new sovereign states loosely joined. Tentative title: Confederation of Central African States...
...evening is a late and little-known Concerto da Camera for flute, English horn and strings. Unlike the tense and rigid bombast of his earlier works (notably the symphonies and the oratorios), the concerto is a relaxed, graceful, spacious and thoroughly un-neurotic work. The mood is pastoral but placid--suggesting, in Dr. Johnson's phrase, not an unkempt meadow but a well-rolled English lawn...
...March 12 Sunday Sports Spectacular (CBS, 2:30-4 p.m.). The world bobsledding championships and ski-jumping competition at Lake Placid, N.Y., including a slalom-is-simple demonstration by Penny Pitou...
These two elements blend together perfectly, for the "row" provides a framework for Copland's long-legged marches up and down the keyboard and the tonality draws the work back to a more placid, stable base. Because he has accomplished this integration within a distinctly personal style, it is a brilliant and welcome contribution to the modern piano literature, a field in serious decline...