Word: schmidts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...testimony was echoed by other economists. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce predicted a "mild" business slump for the first half of 1961 of "only 1% or 2%" in the gross national product. For the long run, the chamber was optimistic. In the face of the slide; said Emerson P. Schmidt, the chamber's chief economist, "the strength and level of the economy are surprising." He believes that the gross national product may climb as high as $520 billion in 1961 (at present: $500 billion) if the slump ends by midyear. Says Schmidt: "There are at present no grounds...
THOMAS LEM. SCHMIDT Northridge, Calif...
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (Wilhelm Backhaus, piano; Vienna Philharmonic, under Schmidt-Isserstedt: London, 4 LPs). The 76-year-old pianist in a series of grand performances that are lithe, elastic and incisive...
Some of the most delightful moments of the evening came in songs which Miss Baez and Mr. von Schmidt sang together. Mr. von Schmidt revealed himself an adept at the harmonica, and both singers played on a cylinder of paper which makes a sound doubtless rarely before heard in the civilized world. At one point Miss Baez discarded one of these instruments by tossing it into the audience--it was a movement of incredible grace, a grace that is evident in her whole bearing, even when she is standing still...
...Baez-von Schmidt concert was a particularly enjoyable affair, combining two excellent folk singers, whose songs and whose styles could not possibly be any more diverse...