Word: record
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...service was being celebrated, it appeared, in a new fashion. Whatever was said by the solemn ecclesiastical gentleman who opened the program could hardly have prepared his viewers for what came next. The camera swooped around to reveal a baritone, a small vocal group reminiscent of those employed to record singing commercials, and a full-fledged dance band, complete with saxophones and high-hat cymbal. Whereupon the band emitted a penetrating screech, and all hands launched into a rendition of Psalm 150, which resembled nothing so much as an unnecessarily energetic parody of Ray Anthony...
...likely to agree with Alan H. Morriss, who commented that "A first glance at the score provokes the feeling that is is almost impossible to review it seriously." Passages like the sinister trombone blats at "Forgive us our trespasses," seem to encourage use of the Mass as a party record. But the piece has already been performed at a Providence cathedral, and there are rumor that it will be imported to Boston. One hopes that some time will elapse before the University Choir will be replaced at Memorial Church...
...Such stunts are an occupational disease of disk jockeys. Dave Hunter of WZRO, in Jacksonville, Fla., started two hours before Tripp. With only occasional medical checks, he kept going for 225 hours, but his claim of a world's record was disputed...
...rise was equally strong in many a company that kept growing despite the recession. Raytheon Manufacturing noted a backlog of $280 million in unfilled orders, reported that a fat fourth quarter pushed 1958 earnings to $3.08 per share and a new record, 95% better than last year. Westinghouse. whose sales declined 5.6% largely because of the slump in appliances, had a better-than-good year: by working hard on a cost-control program, it managed to boost earnings to $4.25 per share v. $4.18 last year...
...company proved a remarkable comeback from 1957's losses of $4,700,000; it announced 1958 earnings that topped $13 million, or $1.25 a share. While sales in Europe, Africa, Australia, South America-even in Canada-were down slightly, sales in the U.S. had jumped 46% to a record $130.3 million, pulling worldwide sales up nearly...