Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey. For special effects, each instrument stand in the orchestra had been hooked up to a microphone controlled by sound engineers, and stabbing rays of laser light began crisscrossing the bowl. As the music changed in intensity, the laser beams changed in shape. Said an exuberant Zubin: "This was an adventure. I wouldn't do a Beethoven symphony this way, but surely other music could be enhanced with electronics." The appreciative audience of 17,500 gave the maestro a nine-minute ovation, and all agreed that the galactic goings-on were indeed...
When David L. Gorski became chief of University police three years ago, he was given free rein to shape the department in his own image: that of a tough, no-nonsense city cop. Now Gorski is gone, and Harvard administrators are learning that the tough-guy image may not be the best one for the University force...
...meantime, the Howland report will be sitting on a number of desks in the Harvard administration. Whether it has an impact on the people who own those desks, or if it simply gathers dust, will have a great effect on the shape the department takes in the next few year
...addition, "The House was in poor physical condition when we came in and it's in excellent shape now," Elizabeth Vorenberg said, citing the renovated courtyard and patio, and the installation of art and pottery facilities as specific improvements...
After two matches this year the Harvard fencing team has conquered the British in the shape of the Sandhurst military academy...