Word: slicing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...boots. Mourning marred the sumptuous Orthodox wedding, and worse was to come. At war with Japan in 1905, Nicky sent the Russian Baltic battle fleet lum bering round the world, but it was sunk in 45 minutes at Tsushima. What Nicky called the "monkeys" (he had never forgiven that slice on the scalp) had defeated mighty Russia...
That attitude sets Barenboim apart from a great many young professionals who are pianists to their fingertips, but unfortunately not to their minds and hearts. They hone their technique to a cold, steely edge, then use it to slice uniformly through whatever music is at hand. Barenboim, on the other hand, believes that "true technique is sound. Every composer, every piece, requires a different world of sound...
...invest large amounts in heavy industry, devote an estimated 20% of their gross output to a huge military establishment (v. 10% for the U.S., which has, however, a gross output twice as large). But at the same time, the long-neglected Russian consumer is coming in for a larger slice of the new and bigger economic pie. A Russian who has the money no longer has to wait for weeks to buy a TV set or a simple household convenience such as a refrigerator. In anticipation of 50th-anniversary celebrations planned for this fall, shops in the major cities...
...guerrillas are armed with automatic weapons, grenades and modern communication equipment. Their field of operation - a 1,300-sq.-mi. area that straddles important oil lands between Santa Cruz and Camiri-is steep and covered with thick, thorny vegetation and huge plants with leaves so sharp that they can slice through clothes and skin. The guerrillas first surfaced in March, when they ambushed and killed seven men on an army patrol. Since then, they have been striking once every two or three weeks. By last week they had killed 33 soldiers and civilians and lost only six or eight...
...Major labor contracts, covering 3,100,000 workers, expire in the U.S. this year (the figure was only 980,000 in 1966), and the biggest wave of strikes since 1959 seems only too likely. Not surprisingly, most labor leaders share Reuther's belief that workers deserve a bigger slice of last year's record corporate profits. Few major contracts expired in 1966, however, and corporate profits are off this year. As University of Chicago Labor Specialist Arnold R. Weber puts it, "Now that the unions are able to get to the bargaining table, the pickings...