Word: previously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chairmen of this year's Combined Charities Drive has proposed entrusting the drive to an independent, self-perpetuating organization. In the light of less-than-inspiring appeals previous to this year's success, such an establishment might have some merit, but the potential drawbacks to the plan outweigh the advantages...
Looking back on yesterday's concert, only one slight complaint can possibly arise, and that has to do with the spacing of the numbers. The listener is caught, during the intervals, in a veritable frenzy of despair that the previous number was the last, and listeners have been known to stay glued to their windows for as long as half an hour in hopes of one last piece. This element of suspense is all that interferes with an otherwise totally exhilarating musical experience...
Reasons for Trip. On his one previous visit to the U.S., in 1936, Trader Mikoyan studied U.S. consumer industries, took back with him instructions for manufacturing such U.S. novelties as breakfast cereals and ice cream. This time he is interested in more momentous matters. Officially, he will be visiting the U.S. as the guest of Soviet Ambassador Mikhail A. ("Smiling Mike") Menshikov, but the guessing in Washington is that Khrushchev sent his right-hand man to talk to President Eisenhower and top U.S. officials, to sound out the firmness of the U.S.'s determination to stay on in Berlin...
...Conductor Barbirolli, born in London of an Italian father and French mother, drew the overpowering assignment of succeeding Arturo Toscanini at the New York Philharmonic. Despite previous conducting posts in London, Leeds and Glasgow, it was too much, too soon. For seven lean years, Barbirolli tried to impose his rather romantic conducting style on the Philharmonic, while the strong-willed orchestra seemed determined to play as it pleased. Mounting criticism finally forced Barbirolli to leave...
...choosing the plays, the group sought a balance between classical and modern drama, Aaron said. It will attempt to avoid playing down to its audiences, a mistake, he added, which previous repertory groups have made...