Word: tempo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Allied observers, certain that Rommel would make another push, it seemed that much the same reasons might account for further Axis successes. From the tempo of British air and sea attacks on Tripoli and the Mediterranean convoy route, it was obvious that Rommel was taking good care to supply himself well before he advanced again...
They are inseparable from books like this, and it is idle for old South America hands to fuss & fret about them. The total picture is accurate enough-allowing for the fact that Gunther was in Latin America last winter and the tempo of changes in the Western Hemisphere is now geared to the tempo of changes in Europe. But for tabloid readability John Gunther can't be beat...
Boris Goldovsky, of Cleveland, noted pianist, conductor, and lecturer in the field of music, will deliver two free, public lectures on "The Riddle of Musical Tempo" in the Music Building at Harvard, under the auspices of the Department of Music, Wednesday, November 5, and Friday, November 7, at 8:15 o'clock...
...titles of the lectures are: November 5, "Analysis of Tempo," and November 7, "Mathematical Types and Musical Style...
...characterization and scope of treatment to resolve successfully the large problem with which it grapples. Yet within this limitation it achieves a certain power and vitality, fully expressed by the Repertory's able cast. Life in the post-war twenties is depicted as a vortex of ever-accelerating tempo which sucks in both young and old, and crushes them in a mad whirl of meaningless activity, devoid of all values, empty of all reality. A climax is reached in the mad piano-playing of young Nicky in the second act, louder and louder as his sensitive mind is driven close...