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...need for appropriate loudness, i.e., to match the size of the room to the sound source. Kresge (capacity: 1,200) is a multi-purpose hall, seems ideal for small ensembles or chamber groups, but a shade too small for a full orchestra...
Closing the concert with his specialty, the keyboard virtuoso played six little known harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti and succeeded in bringing out every nuance and shade of expression. His performance demonstrated once again the fascinating possibilities of this instrument...
...warning lights, apparently, fail to attract University Police. Discriminating in their choice of colors, these gentlemen are fascinated by another shade: orange. In fact, they seem so enamored by this duller hue that they amuse themselves during the dark of night and early morn distributing samples to cars parked on local streets. Never before have the streets of Cambridge been so enthusiastically decorated...
...wilderness, where for decades he was a fugitive from the vengeance of Charles II. With his steeple hat, his flowing white beard, his Bible and his sword, William Goffe became a New England legend (Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote of him as The Gray Champion}. Years after his death, the shade of William Goffe reportedly appeared at Bunker Hill, and, later, before John Brown in the engine house at Harper's Ferry...
...Labor Departments took a hard look at current construction and decided that they had been too pessimistic. Raising its sights another notch, the Government estimated construction outlays this year will reach $41.8 billion, a full 11% above the record spending of 1954. House building will be just a shade under the all-time 1950 record; office construction, stores, churches, schools, public works and highway construction will soar past all previous peaks...