Word: programs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President signed the bill appropriating $89,820,000 to run the Departments of State, Labor and Justice. The Administration's Navy-building program appeared blocked, so the President agreed to cut down on it if Congress would at least authorize building 25 cruisers (see p. 9). Fresh warnings emanated from the White House on tax-cutting, tariff-tampering, flood control, shipping policy, etc., etc. Congress had sat long and done little. Should it become extravagant to make up for lost time, vetoes might ensue...
...first American presentation of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" will take place in Symphony Hall this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The second performance will be tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. The program will be under the leadership of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. Arthur Hackett, tenor, and Marguerite Matzenauer of the Metropolitan Opera Company will be supported by the University Glee Club which, upon invitation, has taken the part of the chorus...
...concert will follow approximately the same program that was given at Brattle Hall on December 16, and on the Christmas trip following...
...first time this year, a double quarter will appear on the program to sing various chanties. The quartet will be composed of R. D. Bolster '28, J. C. Dreier '28, D. L. Garrison '28, A. A. Holbrook '28, R. S. Holden '29, F. S. Holmes '31, T. E. Jansen 2L, D. S. Lanier '28. The group of chanties will include, "What shall we do with the drunken sailor?" "Shenandoah", "Billy Boy", and "Hullaballoo-ballay...
Utterly discouraged at twenty, he wrote a successful novel,?a practice which he followed periodically after each disappointment, analyzing the causes of his failures, and mapping out a new program...