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...effects at first were not marked: it works more slowly than chlorpromazine. But the effect is cumulative. Within a day or two, the women were calmer and quieter. Soon they began to eat better, and gained up to ten pounds in two weeks. Many who had been hostile to the attendants, or had mutely avoided them, sought them out and wanted to talk. They reported vivid but not unpleasant dreams...
Antheil: Ballet Mécanique (New York Percussion Group conducted by Carlos Surinach; Columbia). This notorious composition (written in 1924 for an abstract film) started wild fistfights at its Paris concert premiere and a quieter scandal in Manhattan. Thirty years after, its buzzing doorbells, roaring airplane propellers and four mechanical pianos seem just quaint and noisy. But the work has moments that are actually tender, and is surprisingly convincing...
...quieter times, the Commissioners may be able to afford the luxury of personal vendettas. But important decisions lie ahead and feuding is a disservice to the nation...
...intense long vowels because, apart from textual clarity, only such treatment of the words can shape ensemble singing into a live and exciting sound. Closely related is his distinction between "covered" tone for soft passages and "open" tone for loud. Radcliffe's precise production of each type keeps the quieter music always vivid and makes for unusually brilliant climaxes. Above all, the Choral Society aims to entertain its audience; if their zeal occasionally sacrifices subtlety or stylistic nuance, it is worth the loss--this became particularly apparent in Britten's carol There Is No Rose...
Perkins has proposed that the Lowell dining hall be made quieter by 1) sound-proofing its two end walls, and 2) moving the serving tables into the kitchen. Under the latter arrangement, which is similar to the dining set-ups at Yale, the student would file into the kitchen to get his food and file back into the dining room...