Word: randomness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...program. Aeon was long: over a half-hour of posturing that looked more like a technique class than a dance, with each dancer exercising in his own private sphere, hardly seeing, not caring, what his partners were doing. Cunningham's technique of "choreography by chance" picked the wrong random combination of numbers this time and came up with a series of stiff, unrelated movements that took rather more muscle than grace...
McVity indicated that the emphasis is moving away from random job placement in favor of a "training in skills" and the subsequent "placing of these skills" in particular jobs. The job-training courses being offered by the College range from computer programming to bartending and make this policy of "specialised placement" possible...
...flight across the heavens, John Glenn was a latter-day Apollo, flashing through the unknown, sending his cool observations and random comments to the earth in radio thunderbolts, acting as though orbiting the earth were his everyday occupation. Back on earth, Glenn seemed to be quite a different fellow?an enormously appealing man, to be sure, but as normal as blueberry pie. He had an engaging, small-town charm, a sturdy character that was etched in the lines on his face, an attractive family, and a deep faith in "a power greater than I am that will certainly see that...
...DEATH OF AHASUERUS (118 pp.)-Pär Lagerkvist-Random House...
...school of thought predominant Wednesday night can best be termed the school of spontaneity. It feels that traditional notation has little to do with the actual experience of music. Instead, it searches for music's intangible spark in improvisation and random organization...