Word: schemes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seven NATO partners-Britain, Belgium, Italy, Greece, The Netherlands, Turkey, West Germany-were immediately receptive to Merchant's proposal. West Germany expressed the warmest interest; the British looked on the scheme with "mild benevolence." But all seven wanted to hear more about it, and allowed that the price was high and the payoff distant. Meanwhile, all but a fraction of the existing Western atomic stockpile would remain under U.S. lock and key. The proposal was coldly received in France, where the Gaullist daily La Nation even dubbed the prospect of a multilateral force "la farce multilatérale...
...compete effectively with IBM is to match its breadth. Minneapolis-Honeywell is preparing two new systems to compete with IBM's 7070 and 7080 systems, may also bring out a compact computer. But few companies can-or want to-risk so much. After all, as its competitors scheme to upset its dominance, IBM is quietly spending $115 million a year on research and development that could lead to even better computers in a business noted for rapid obsolescence...
...there were snags in the Europa Panzer scheme. The Germans, sold on the idea of a safer, cheaper multifuel engine, which works best on diesel oil, sniffed at the French motor design. And Bonn defense chiefs preferred a fast-firing British 105-mm. cannon that did not fit the chassis the French were talking about...
...second half plunged into the electronic music of Cage, Mache and Schaeffer. But all the pieces closely complemented each other, for the modern works were all intent upon evoking a sense of enigmatic direction, of thoughtful uncertainty, and the Beethoven at least approached them by using an unusual formal scheme. Listening to all this raised the important question of what should determine taste within so free a style...
...make the Cleveland the peer of the world's old and honored orchestras, he has been hard with his players, cagey with his patrons, and often unkind and intemperate with anyone who finds no place in his scheme of musical excellence. In the process, he has divided the musical world into two camps-Szellots and enemies...