Word: tales
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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FAHRENHEIT 451. Ray Bradbury's somber tale about a futuristic society that burns books has been reworked by France's Francois Truffaut into a mild, gay little film starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie as two 21st century "radicals...
PETER AND THE WOLF (Verve). Bach has been the take-off point for many a jazz exploration. Why not Prokofiev, too? Arranger Oliver Nelson has appropriated the Soviet composer's famous symphonic fairy tale and begins with a straightforward statement of the familiar themes: bird, duck, cat, wolf and Peter. But then a high-spirited jabberwocky takes over as Nelson's two dozen men come on strong, paced by Jimmy Smith at the organ...
...Fairy Tale." Conflict between business and government, said Galbraith, has disappeared along with classical capitalism. "No Ford executive will ever fight Washington as did Henry I." The new industrial state is the product of technology. Since World War II, technology has pushed the price of introducing new goods so high that no company can risk its investment on anything so old-fashioned as a simple supply-and-demand marketplace -which is little more than a "fairy tale" anyway. To eliminate risks, droves of technocrats set minimum prices, ar range orderly supply and virtually dictate demand through advertising...
...giant Ford Motor Co.'s unplanned flops (the Edsel) and galloping successes (the Mustang). What is more, any steel, aluminum or copper-industry executive who tried to raise prices this year-and got a jangling phone call from the White House for his trouble-knows that the tale about the government acting like a Victorian spinster is as tall...
...record of the ten-day quest-a flight from Florida to Paris, train to Brest and back-comes with an engaging disclaimer. The tale is told, writes Kerouac, "for no other reason but companionship. This book'll say, in effect, have pity on us all and don't get mad at me for writing...