Word: precisionism
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"I have created." says Conductor George Szell. "an instrument perfectly suited to express my artistic intentions." Szell's instrument is the 104-member Cleveland Orchestra, which he designed as a kind of hybrid-a cross-breeding of American precision and cleanliness of tone with European warmth and temperament. Satisfied...
>"The most important thing," says Pole Vaulter John Uelses, 24, "is having the crowd with you.'' Last year at the Millrose Games the crowd had hardly noticed the crewcut Marine corporal. This time he heaved himself aloft on his new fiberglass pole with neat precision-and the crowd...
One fine afternoon a huge Atlas rocket took off from Cape Canaveral carrying an Agena B as its second stage. On the nose of the Agena perched Ranger III, a 727-lb., $7,000,000 marvel of precision and ingenuity that U.S. spacemen hoped last week would send back closeup...
Under the pressure of the furious Harvard fast break and the precision of the Crimson offensive pattern, the Lions lost ground steadily. Nearly total domination of the defensive boards by the Crimson corner men severely hampered Columbia scoring.
A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt. Rarely has the problem of duty v. conscience been posed with more precision of language and lucidity of thought. In Actor Paul Scofield, the hero Sir Thomas More is reincarnated.