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...ironical mood Henry Adams once suggested that the tempo of historical phase increases in geometric ratio.He even ventured to prophesy that shortly after 1920 we should enter upon the "ethereal phase", approaching the ultimate end when generation would die and be born in the world of thought so rapidly so t be almost indistinguishable. A jaunt through this month's "Advocate" ,the might persuade the historian the the ethereal era had in fact arrived...
...Keynote address was delivered by Secretary Browder, who cried: "Our task is to win the majority of the working class to our program. We do not have unlimited time to accomplish this. Tempo, speed of development of our work, becomes the decisive factor in determining victory or defeat. For Fascism is rearing its ugly head more boldly every day in the United States...
...down, be quiet. The billows of smoke that were gushing out on the stage and swirling among the imperturbable musicians, were only from a fire in a rubbish chute, which was quickly controlled. When a friend congratulated Koussevitzky not only for averting a panic but for keeping his tempo precise and unhurried through it all, Koussevitzky answered: "Ah! But tempo is tempo and tranquillity is tranquillity...
...these local concerts. For this occasion an orthodox programme of Bach, Beethoven, and Schubert, President Eliot's favorite composers, was played. Again we enjoyed the invigorating Third Brandenburg Concerto, a favorite of all musicians and music-lovers. If we should desire to quibble, we might suggest a bit quicker tempo for the last movement, but let it suffice to say that Father Bach himself could hardly have given a more full-blooded and flowing performance. The Unfinished Symphony was sung tenderly and passionately, though the passfon might have been reinforced by a little more "sturm" And for the Fifth Symphony...
...incidents in The Lost Patrol are fictitious. The sober tempo of Director John Ford's narrative gives them the character of fact. Nothing is dramatized except the presence of Death. The only suspense is that of counting very slowly toward a dozen. No more is necessary to make the picture as sharp and alarming as the crack of a rifle. Best shot: a last hooded Arab following his dead companions into the oasis...