Word: soured
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Stubborn or Sour...
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...women’s team began the week on a sour note but stepped up to finish in the middle of the pack at Tufts on Saturday...
...have shaken the orchestra world lately. Four of the so-called Big Five U.S. orchestras-- Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia--came close to lockouts last year. Others, in cities like Cincinnati, Ohio, and Buffalo, N.Y., have had to cut pay, eliminate positions or shorten the season. The sour notes stem from aging and diminishing audiences as well as insufficient endowments and rising administrative, production and health-care costs. Philadelphia Orchestra management once referred to the skyrocketing costs as "a road map to extinction." An overstatement perhaps, but the chords are growing more ominous. --By Jeremy Caplan
...guess is what you’re hearing is largely sour grapes,” said Thomas F. Stephenson ’64, “Larry isn’t afraid to shake things up to get things done...