Word: rhythmics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...according to NASA's Dr. Charles Berry, both Armstrong and Scott began to experience two conditions brought on by their rapid rotation: 1) the coriolis effect, a complete loss of orientation caused by the effects of rotation on the inner ear, and 2) nystagmus, an involuntary rhythmic motion of the eyes. Had either or both those effects be come severe enough, the two astronauts would have been unable to see or operate their controls. They might well have perished...
Adams has three main residential sections-Randolph, C-Entry and Westmorly. The Randolph courtyard looks dandy in the rain especially when seen to the rhythmic accompaniment of the heating pipes. Randolph's marble sinks add a touch of gentility, except when they fall apart as they occasionally do. For those who admire elegance gone to seed, Randolph is the place to live...
...were performed with dancers. It effectively realizes its goal of conveying the kind of discomforting moods one associates with the tragedy of Oedipus. But as a concert piece it doesn't quite make it. It has its moments: an exciting crescendo in the first section, or the sometimes startling rhythmic attacks by the strings. Generally, however, it is disappointing. A few times the strings start a vamp that in most modern composers would lead to a moving buildup. But here the woodwinds sneak in a few insipid, undefined attempts, and then everything collapses. Given such uninspired--but difficult--music...
...because some inconsiderate couple felt like dawdling over their coffee." To teach latecomers a lesson, Stokowski once had his musicians wander idly off-and onstage while playing a Mozart symphony. Another time he turned to the audience and conducted the coughers: "All right, cough!" he commanded. "I want a rhythmic cough! Make it louder...
...roll vocal version of The In Crowd on a jukebox, decided on impulse to enter his rendition in the sudden-death singles market. He insisted that it should be recorded not in the antiseptic vaults of a sound studio, but in a living, breathing nightclub pulsating with the infectious rhythmic handclapping and exultant cries of "Yeah! Yeah!" from the audience. The In Crowd took off, to date has sold more than 1,000,000 copies, followed by an album that is currently nestled among the top ten bestsellers...