Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus far, their efforts to adapt the city to their scheme of living have been largely ineffective. Indeed, until the Federal Government gave such demands workable form as an Urban Renewal Program, they were almost non-existent...
Schuman, who is now head of Juilliard Music School, has here written one of the best of modern symphonies. The work is built on a recurring chordal scheme, much like a gigantic passacaglia. The music does not surrender itself completely on a single hearing, but is well worth repeated listenings. The harmonies are rocky, the rhythms complex, but the orchestration is clean-cut and the symphony is beautifully paced. Ormandy and the Philadelphia give it a vigorous reading, and the recording is fine...
Increased overcrowding and the resultant far-flung distribution of excess students necessitated the change, it is believed. But even under the new scheme, the University will be overcrowded by 47 percent of its normal occupancy, Watson pointed...
...first and most serious flaw in this simple scheme is that it would establish the state amateur here. Such a program, which we decry in communist countries, has no place in a free society, for it implies a continuing obligation on the part of all athletes to perform for their country...
...masters of the give-away program have a new gambit. Advised that gold-plated diaper changers, trips to Saudi Arabia, and dates with Marlon Brando have lost some of their public appeal, the industrial publicists have a new and more grandiose scheme, the multi-million dollar Scholorama. Combining the best features of the free ride, the American enthusiasm for youth, and the support of an articulate intelligensia, the device is sweeping the nation...