Word: precisionism
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The program began with Mozart's Haffner Symphony. In previous concerts the HRO has played Mozart without adequate discipline, but Friday night they displayed complete mastery. The violins were unexpectedly precise, despite difficult sections of trills and runs. The orchestra did not sacrifice emotional force for precision, however, and the...
In the heavyweight race, Harvard took advantage of a stiff tall wind as only an expert crew can. Parker explained last night that under such conditions, choppy waters and the very speed of the boat make it essential that a crew be able to get its cars in and out...
James Walker deserves much of the credit for the precision of the Band's performance. Throughout the concert, his conducting was energetic and exact. Even in the most rhythmically aberrant sections of the Creston, Copland, or Hindemith works, he was able not simply to keep the Band together, but to...
Resetting the Clock. Columbia University Astronomer Wallace J. Eckert and Graduate Student H. F. Smith Jr. of IBM's Watson Laboratory at Columbia began by analyzing the moon's orbit with IBM's fast-figuring computers. The moon's position has been observed with precision for...
What went wrong last month when the Gemini capsule Molly Brown splashed into the Atlantic 60 miles short of its scheduled landing spot? Last week NASA's Dr. Homer Dotts firmly dispelled all rumors of a possible goof by Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young. According to Dr. Dotts...