Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stepped a bizarre figure who looked a bit like an Arab astronaut. He wore a white outfit and Arab-style head gear. Strapped to his body were devices that appeared to be explosives. He deposited satchels on the ground and then stood holding wires connected to the lethal-looking paraphernalia...
...party got off to a rousing, Texas-style start in the same hotel bar where Teddy Roosevelt was supposed to have recruited the Rough Riders. Before the day was over, Lady Bird Johnson and the friends and relatives who helped her celebrate her 62nd birthday, including America-Beautifiers Laurence Rockefeller and Mary Lasker and former Press Secretary Liz Carpenter, attended a mariachi Mass in San Antonio's 254-year-old San Jose mission. They then proceeded to the mission's high-ceilinged granary for a dinner by candlelight. The high point of the day, though, occurred when...
...hands, the six-part chorus of the Sanctus that is the capstone of the Mass builds to Old Testament grandeur. Corboz has a chambered vision. Employing a small orchestra and a mixed chorus of three dozen or so voices, he turns in a finely tuned performance in authentic Baroque style. The vocalism is brisk and light, blending perfect tonal balance with the instruments. Sound quality on both albums is excellent. ∙Joan Downs
Vain Lothario. Yet Jack preferred the format that had brought him recognition and riches. By the '50s, his TV program style-lifted bodily from the old radio days-had grown as rigid and formal as a state ceremony. Yet his fans never grew weary of the latter-day Scrooge...
...Soviet leaders are not yet seriously worried about Western-style inflation, largely because they do not also have to worry about Western-style recession. At the recent annual economic meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee in Moscow, Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev and other officials reported that the Soviet Union's total output of goods and services had risen by 5% in 1974 and would climb by 6.5% in the new year when most Western economies will stand still or grow much more slowly. The Soviets plan to increase industrial production another 7% in 1975, emphasizing output of heavy...