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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...versions of his oratorio, and they bear scant resemblance to the later interpretations inflated by choruses of thousands. Today's revived interest in baroque music has resulted in two new albums that aim at authenticity, each using a chorus of 40 or fewer and an orchestra of similar size. The soloists in both albums strive -with mixed success -to ornament their melodies in 18th century style. Robert Shaw (RCA Victor), conducting his own chorale and orchestra, shows how dramatic the scaled-down work can be; his version, with its furiously paced hallelujahs, is hard-hitting theater. The second...
...help you?" asks the salesman Larry. A little guy, about the size of a jockey, with brown hair that flows down his head and wraps around his ears. A thin colorless face. But it's the clothes you look at. His pants. Unbelievable. A garden of paisley. Blue for the background. Quietly blue. And then WATCH OUT. Silver paisley and red and gold, all at once. Moving when he moves. Moving when he doesn't move. Baby baby baby says the radio...
...were built little by little with almost no regard to coordination. In preplanned cities, industrial and residential sectors are separate. Comprehensive transportation system eliminate traffic congestion and waster treatment systems prevent air and water pollution. New towns usually have better recreational and cultural facilities than old cities of comparable size. They lure large industrial firms that provide the city with adequate tax revenue. By attracting white-collar and blue-collar industries and building homes for a variety of income levels, new cities could achieve a balanced social and racial population...
...structure and tone of the Board changed after the Korean War when the Allston Burr Senior Tutor system was instituted. The Board expanded to almost twice its original size, and the advisory Chapter, along with the Senior Tutors, became part of it. Once a small strict group of old-time administrators, the reorganized Board became both younger and more lenient...
Temperature in the high 50's cracked the ice at Clarkson's home rink, in Potsdam N.Y. So the game was shifted to St. Lawrence where the rink is a familiar size to the Crimson, and where a host of fiery Larrie fans showed up to root against their arch-rival Clarkson...