Word: tempo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Look you, I conduct like this. This is my opening tempo. Here, I take it this way, then I take it that way. (It is customary procedure for the soloist to dictate the tempi and nuances.) "Just watch my stick, and nothing terrible will happen," he went...
...character and pace of the South's development varies from state to state. Georgia's gains are particularly impressive. Because of its unhurried tempo and central location, Atlanta, in the past six years, has helped to lure corporate or regional headquarters of 55 companies to the state...
...Naturally, the advice is always sound. Instead of taking a course in speed reading, Edwin suggests, read more selectively. Take breaks to change the tempo and ease the tension of work. Say no a lot, because "you cannot protect your priorities unless you learn to decline, tactfully but firmly, every request that does not contribute to your goal." One can fight procrastination, too, by (a) chopping up ominously large tasks into easily manageable small components; (b) listing the reasons for delay on one side of a piece of paper and the benefits from completing the job on the other...
...conductor is only as good as his orchestra, and Arledge has given himself an Olympian team of about 30 commentators-not too many woodwinds, please-complemented by a crew of 470, including directors, cameramen, technicians. Anchor man is Jim McKay, the Walter Cronkite of TV sports, who, in a tempo as neatly clipped as his hair, will provide an overview and summaries of events...
...warning sign is a sudden resurgence of inflation. From January through May, prices have been rising at a faster rate than in 1975 in four of the seven nations represented at Puerto Rico. The British rate, though it declined from 24.9% to 15.7%, remains ruinously high. Meanwhile, the Japanese tempo has nearly doubled, and Italy's rate has rocketed to potentially catastrophic proportions (see chart). The U.S. has reduced its rate to an acceptable level-by following politically painful policies of holding down growth and accepting a high level of unemployment...