Word: precisionism
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Rentschler persuaded Niles-Bement-Pond Co. (precision tools), which had plenty of war-earned surplus cash and unused war-built factory space, to bet its cash on Rentschler's know-how. The company staked him to $250,000 and a factory to develop his first engine. Because Rentschler got...
Even more startling than the choice of music is the caliber of the musicians. Blessed with a concert master from the Minneapolis Symphony, Deno Geanakopolos 5G, the organization (particularly the string choir) played consistently well all year long and with precision and richness of tone. Even that problem child of...
The Tigers, rowing at 32, then began to creep up gradually but steadily. Harvard held them off with a power ten at two minutes gone, but by the three-quarter mile mark the two shells were almost even. Princeton passed Harvard as the crews went under the Massachusetts Avenue bridge...
The best part of the program by far was the Quintet and Final Chorus from Handel's Oratorio, "Jeptha." The Chorus, which seemed to improve as the evening were on, sang with precision and expression and each voice part came through clearly. The voices of soloists Joyce Young and Martha...
Arthur Fiedler (who looks more like an insurance salesman than a symphonic conductor) has lost none of his joviality. He conducted with briskness and precision and rewarded his audiences with encores whenever they clapped loud enough.