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On the reverse side, the Glee Club sings with more restraint and is considerably more impressive. In a particularly excellent performance of Josquin's "Gloria" from Missa Master Patris et Filia, the strained tone of the pep rally numbers is no longer evident. The Glee Club sings this type of...

Author: By Alice E. Kinzler, | Title: Harvard in Song | 10/4/1960 | See Source »

The varsity football team now faces a busy week of not only realigning its offense but also discovering why the precision team that dominated the Holy cross game one week could possibly come through with such an abysmal off day the next Saturday.

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Crimson Loses Everything at Once In Dismal Game With Massachusetts | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

Brisk & Martial. The Leningrad's greatest strength is its string section, which plays with a precision and dynamic range beyond the ability of most Western orchestras. The brasses are bright-almost too much so. Reported Critic Desmond Shawe-Taylor: "They are encouraged to play like cavalry on the line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hit for Shostakovich | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

Most of the rest of this fall's line had to be introduced to one another when practice began, in contrast to past seasons, when returning players fairly fell into each other's arms. Precision and team work are bound to be lacking on this year's squad, at least...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Soccer Squad Begins '60 Season Against Tufts With Doubtful Prospects | 9/28/1960 | See Source »

The rest of the characters wheeled out in Author Auchincloss' filigreed tale of a family fortune are only slightly more alive than Josiah. A lawyer by profession, Auchincloss probes with exasperating precision through the backgrounds and bankbooks of the five-generation descendants of one Julius Millinder. a tough-minded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bankbooks & Backgrounds | 9/12/1960 | See Source »

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