Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This is our farmer, stern and rather...
...competition is almost entirely made up of his countrymen, for most of today's great violinists are Russian (and, by an odd cultural phenomenon, Russian Jews). Their names: Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, Nathan Milstein, Isaac Stern and (of Russian parents) Yehudi Menuhin. This week, for the first time, U.S. audiences had a chance to compare Oistrakh in person with the other violin masters. For, during Geneva's temporary thaw in the cold war, Moscow had decided to allow its most famous musical performer to come...
...decisive split developed over an emotionally charged issue: should the vanquished followers of Perón be treated to stern vengeance or lenient tolerance? Some of Lonardi's backers demanded a hard-handed crackdown, picturing...
...senior proctor has warned undergraduates that Billy Graham must not be kidnaped when he arrives in Cambridge today." This stern warning in the varsity newspaper greeted Evangelist Graham when he arrived for a week-long revival that was certainly one of the strangest weeks ever known by Cambridge, whose attitude toward religion has long been intellectual, skeptical, or slightly pained...
...value of all listed stocks. The SEC and the exchange itself keep a sharp eye out for any market manipulation. Exchange members (and their firms) who break the rules can be hauled up before the New York Stock Exchange's board of governors, where they get a stern grilling, and punishment if found guilty. Last year 20 or 30 brokers were disciplined; in extreme cases, they can be drummed out altogether...