Word: sop
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Americana." The repertory leans heavily (about 60%) on the choreographic work of Balanchine himself. A typical program might contain his Symphony in C, set to Bizet and danced in simple costumes against a plain blue backdrop; his showy Pas de Trois (music from Minkus' Don Quixote) as a sop to oldtimers who like to watch three top soloists show off their grace and strength; his grotesque fantasy of insect life, Metamorphoses (music by Hindemith). and perhaps one of popular Choreographer Jerome Robbins' impudent romps such as Pied Piper (music by Copland...
...Polish Communist plane, to see for themselves the Oder-Neisse Line, which separates Poland and East Germany. Their visit, of course, called attention to the fact that Germans of all non-Communist parties hope to regain the territory taken from them at Potsdam and given to Poland (as a sop for Poland's own losses to Russia...
Soon after the election furor arose a new one, over investigations into education, which tied up Harvard and the nation so closely that the CRIMSON wrote, in all, seven editorials on different phases of it. The CRIMSON, while gradually recognizing the inevitability of the investigations as a sop to public opinion, has consistently opposed the men and methods of their conduct. On January 15, we said...
...proposed restrictions seem as much a slap at Roosevelt as a forward-looking admonition. The two-term 22nd amendment should have purged the conservatives of their ire; the 23rd should not be a similar emotional sop...
...space station, Dr. Rosen thinks, would have little military value. Equipping it to make observations would be exceedingly difficult, and any missiles that it might drop would be lucky to hit the-right country. The project, Rosen warns, would sop up most of the U.S. supply of qualified technical men. While they were aiming at space, the guided missile program-which military planners consider vital to U.S. safety-would grind to a halt...