Word: stressed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THOSE in power recognize the importance of domestic consensus to achieve these ends, and the educational views of men like Mr. Kerr, which stress the need for molding reason to the pattern of contemporary power, appear conveniently upon the scene to facilitate economic and military service and the soothing of discontent...
...sooner had he finished conducting the San Francisco performance than he hopped a jet back to Boston, where he is in his first year as president of the New England Conservatory of Music. In two months he has revamped the conservatory's somewhat musty operation to put more stress on practical training, brought in 17 new faculty members, expanded the curriculum and stepped up fund raising. "Why not think big?" he asks. "This conservatory could affect the musical education of the nation...
Temper for the 20th. Nevertheless, Skrowaczewski's technique and temper are ideally suited to the complex music of the 20th century. Of all the programming changes he has made in Minneapolis-expanded season, summer "play-ins" for Minnesota high schoolers, more stress on cycles of thematically unified concerts and less on big-name soloists -by far the most significant is the generous sampling of provocative modern works. Already this season he has conducted the American premiere of a 1957 violin concerto by French Composer Serge Nigg, and in the months ahead he will present music by Alban Berg, William...
...high hopes too. Built for $1,500,000 from the shell of the defunct Saks-34th Street, the new store-Korvette's 45th-is meant to be the nine-state chain's biggest revenue earner, with expectations of $35 million in annual sales. The store will stress conveniently arranged, gaily displayed merchandise while playing down the head-on price rivalry that is supposed to characterize discount operations...
Based on a 1963 television drama by Nicholas E. Baehr, The Incident is a taut, disturbing drama that tries to clarify why men fail to help each other in times of stress and danger. Unquestionably, the passengers could have saved themselves; any one of them might have got off to summon help before the thugs thought to block the doors, or at least yanked the emergency cord. Nobody does, because the paralysis of fear has linked them all. The eventual resolution is placed in the hands of the one person least caught up in the life of the jungle...