Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Muzak's piped-in music programs had no spot for a composition in dead silence. But last week, hardy Manhattan concertgoers made a spot for Composer Cage's rhythmic, percussive "sounds & silence" music. At Carnegie Recital Hall for two nights in a row, Pianist Maro Ajemian thudded, clanked, bonged and chimed through 16 sonatas and four interludes on a "prepared" piano outfitted with bolts, screws, pieces of rubber and plastic stuck inside to short-circuit the tones. (After the first night, someone unCaged the piano, and the composer himself took three hours getting all the gadgets back into...
...Spot Landing. In San Pedro, Calif., police arrested Jesus Diaz, who had smashed into three police cars, caromed off into a fourth, come to a stop in front of the police station...
Roman cops, their topees set at a jaunty angle, intercepted all traffic offenders and on the spot collected sizable fines. To increase their civic zeal, the policemen were allowed to keep half of the fines. In vain the press cried out against this "unheard-of form of taxation...
...initial. This year the club's registry reached the letter X. As France's dog lovers pored diligently over their dictionaries, they were reassured by club officials that it was not absolutely necessary to choose such names as Xantippe and Xavier. X-Rags, X-Rover or X-Spot would do just as well...
Smith, who paced the team in scoring against Princeton last Wednesday night with 13 points, will replace Bill Prior in the pivot spot. The switch is an effort to bolster the Crimson offense which hasn't shown too much power thus far this season. The team will be shooting to end a losing streak which has reached eight games...