Word: rapidity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With a team average of .317, the Crimson stands third in the league batting standings. After a poor start, Captain Ulysses Lupien staged a rapid come-back as the official season opened, leading the Crimson hitters with...
That this organization is to be of permanent service is evident from its rapid growth and acquisition of a home in the Union. As was announced several weeks ago, the old assembly room has been fitted up in excellent style and will serve as a clubroom for the Federation. With a compact organization and its own headquarters, the Federation has the elements of strength and permanence, and that its work will be extensive and influential is certain...
Particularly worthy of attention as an excellent example of dramatic a capella composition is Milhand's Psaume. This begins with a low bass note that is almost like a growl in its quiet intensity. There follows a rapid swell as the baritones rush upward, and the tenors break in with a quick, nervous melody. Soon all the parts join in to carry on the thread of the words until the voices suddenly blend in a soft chord on the word "Jerusalem...
There follows a terrific fortissimo "Jersualem" in all voices, which is followed by a gradual diminuendo as the tenors continue their nervous melody, the baritones subside down the scale, and the basses chant repeatedly an ever-quieter "Jerusalem." This structure is typical of the whole piece-rapid crescendos, gradual diminuendos, sudden shouts, and nervous bits of melody...
What these obligations are President Cárdenas did not state, but U. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said that, in view of the "attitude" of the Mexican President, "a rapid, satisfactory and equitable solution of the pending problem between the two countries can be found...