Word: ruin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Liszt: Fantasia on Beethoven's Ruin ot Athens (Egon Petri, pianist, with th London Philharmonic under Leslie He ward; Columbia, 3 sides). First recording of one of the numerous eggs which Liszt a musical cuckoo, laid in alien nests...
Paradoxically, while the world's granaries began to bulge, wheat-growers were threatened with ruin as prices slumped. Paradoxically, the peaceful drudgery of thousands of Europe's peasants could bring them and it nearer the verge...
...still in control of a small group of leaders firmly entrenched, reactionary in their attitude on public affairs, tolerant of many evils in the A. F. of L. . . . The C. I. O. board is unanimously convinced that the A. F. of L. is following a 'rule or ruin' policy...
...paint. His father idolized him, earmarked him for fame, then spoiled him and his chances. The darling of the family, Branwell enjoyed his tantrums unchecked; he grew to be an irresolute exhibitionist. When he began to realize that he was only a frustrated artist, he took the byroad to ruin via liquor and laudanum, while his helpless family stood by and watched...
...when 55% of sales were player pianos. When the industry created a taste for mechanical music, it bred the germ of its own decline. Player-piano addicts soon shifted to radios. Seven lean years and near-death followed. But meantime, radio, once the piano's ruin, gradually wakened a new public love of music. Today, piano makers are enjoying a third peak: and 5,865,000 U. S. families own pianos...