Word: ranked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...string quartets. Often they are passed off as mere charming rusticana; titles like The Lark and The Sunrise do not help. Yet many of the quartets (to name but a few: Op. 20, Nos. 4 and 5; all of Op. 33 and Op. 54; Op. 77, No. 2) rank with Beethoven for power and ingenuity. The New Hungarian and Juilliard quartets will show why in recitals this week and next. Beethoven himself stood in awe of Haydn's oratorios The Seasons and The Creation. They are both on the schedule. So are ten of the Masses, notably In Tempore...
...John Davis' 13-year tenure as chairman of Britain's Rank Organization (annual sales: $600 million) has long seemed a corporate version of the reign of Henry VIII. A 68-year-old, 202-lb. former accountant and veteran of five marriages, Davis ran the company like a Renaissance monarch: he insisted on deciding personally minute details like the design of an invitation card to a company party, and became known as "the executioner" for his summary firings of scores of lesser executives. The latest and most notable casualty occurred in September, when Sir John got rid of another...
...administrators, faculty members and students spend this fall scrutinizing the five housing options, members of the new freshman class will slowly be piecing together their rank list of upperclass Houses for use next spring...
...Federation of Teachers called it a settlement that "nobody likes." Certainly few educators did. As Shanker outlined the proposed contract to the union's delegate assembly (which had voted overwhelmingly to strike the week before), he was interrupted with jeers and catcalls of "Sellout." Outside Madison Square Garden, rank-and-file teachers chanted: "Vote no, vote no." The roiled, resentful membership finally ratified the contract by an unenthusiastic vote...
...from determining which is the best city, the MRI study promises to add fuel to the debate. The reason is that the computer's indexes measure statistical value rather than emotional appeal. Despite Buffalo's rank of No. 15, for example, most Americans are not likely to be extravagantly moved by the city's charms. But they will probably continue to cherish New Orleans for its fabled zest and beauty- subjective qualities the researchers could not take into account in placing the old town near the bottom of the list...