Word: sound
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peru, Military Strongman Manuel Odria got the Legion of Merit for running a tight economy. The reason for such friendly gestures was typically stated in Pérez Jiménez' Legion of Merit citation. It commended him for his "spirit of friendship and cooperation" and for his "sound foreign-investment policies"-in a- word, for stability...
...occasion with a Mirage III jet fighter, Aviatrix Jacqueline Auriol, 41, daughter-in-law of former French President Vincent Auriol, shot up to 37,000 ft. and gunned the ship to a new women's air speed record: 1,336 m.p.h., more than twice the speed of sound...
...surprise, the festival's standout was the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Blending classical and jazz traditions with a masterful touch, Milhaud-trained Pianist Brubeck (TIME cover, Nov. 8, 1954) and his mates (Eugene Wright on bass, Joe Morello on drums, Paul Desmond on alto sax) made each number sound like a theme and variations. The quartet usually started with well-known tunes (These Foolish Things, St. Louis Blues), then varied the tempo (from 4/4 to 5/4 and back to 3/4) as it injected its own sometimes loud, sometimes soft designs. The solo lead flew like a badminton bird from...
...Modern Jazz Quartet, a fine, precise team of arrangement-conscious musicians led by Pianist John Lewis, who make jazz sound like a 19th century tone poem. With a sharp, clear vibes, a versatile piano, a bass and a set of traps, the quartet warmed up with a cool version of I'll Remember April, approached mastery in its last offering, a three-part number (The Singer, Harlequin, Contessa) delivered in a boogie-woogie, bass-led tempo and highlighted by an atonal, polyphonic piano...
...meet the requirements of both sound practice and parental desire, more and more schools are adding one loophole to the hard-and-fast age rule: examination of borderline cases by a competent child psychologist. A survey last year by the National Education Association disclosed widespread sentiment for the idea, already in use in about 15% of U.S. school systems. "Testing the child and counseling the parent," predicted one school principal, "will some day replace age as the criteria." Last week in Cherry Creek, a well-to-do suburb of Denver, Superintendent Robert Higday Shreve countered the general acceptance of definite...