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But Tommy decided, after studying the piano and vainly attempting to write The Great English Opera, that what he really wanted to be was a conductor. After a brief career at Oxford, he bought himself an orchestra, which he called the Beecham Philharmonic but which the rest of the musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cut Out the Cant | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

Occasionally she expresses her professional grievances with a gag. Once she overheard a tenor telling an admirer that his "lovely, pure, full and beautiful" voice moved Miss Price to tears. "I hate to bring this up," said Leontyne, "but it is my voice so warm, full and beautiful that moves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Voice Like a Banner Flying: Leontyne Price | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

FOR U.S. industry, the rise in unemployment to new highs last week underlined a startling paradox: all around the nation, even in such critical jobless areas as Detroit, jobs are going begging for lack of skilled workers to fill them. Industry is hard put to find enough trained craftsmen, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shortage Of Skills: Shortage of Skills | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

Last week, at 80, Dibelius prepared to retire, and at his farewell appearance before the synod of his church, he once again stressed unity: "The most important thing is that we regard ourselves as one." The delegates took heed in deciding the delicate question before them: whom to elect as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Germany's Top Protestant | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

¶Combining an explosive service with flat, whistling ground strokes, Manhattan Oilman Richard Savitt, 33, returned from retirement long enough to trounce California's Whitney Reed, 6-2, 11-9, 6-3, win his third National Indoor tennis championship, retire the tournament's 25-year-old trophy.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard: Feb. 24, 1961 | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

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