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...flamboyant predecessor, Leopold Stokowski, Ormandy refined it until the strings turned to silk, the woodwinds to amber, the brass to gold. If Ormandy's interpretations of safe repertory standards such as Beethoven and Brahms symphonies were not always individual, the ravishing tonal beauty of his orchestra was often reward enough. "The Philadelphia sound -- it's me!" Ormandy said proudly, and it was less a boast than a statement of fact...
Rumania does not permit Soviet troops on its soil, and the government of Premier Nicolae Ceausescu allows Jews to emigrate more or less freely. As a reward for such behavior, the U.S. has given Rumania most-favored-nation status, entitling it to low tariff levels on exports...
Melcher adds that, since he began writing about three weeks ago, he has gotten more confident and the process has become more enjoyable. "At least I can see the beginning of the end now," he say. "Until I started writing, it was more a source of anguish than reward. It's been a constant source of guilt since last March...
...Harvard (formerly Radcliffe) lacrosse and crew programs have historically fielded strong teams--yet for years there was no NCAA title to reward their efforts...
Gould said the Darwinian concept of individuals struggling for personal reward has never been disproven, but the equally valid concepts of competition between groups and even whole species requires a broader theoretical approach...