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...symphony orchestra was his instrument, its players his keys, stops & treadles; and on them he pressed, shoved & stepped twice last week at a tempo & pressure that made, for example, his finale of Brahm's C Minor Symphony the fulminant of a Manhattan explosion of applause. The players were both glad that they were done with him and proud that their skill had met his demands. For the beat of his baton brevets a player an artist...
...prologue and epilogue to the play take place in the present, and present some excellent dancing, and a general tempo which in most ways suit the taste of the average musical comedy public better than the swinging, soft atmosphere of the body of the play. Nevertheless, the music throughout it distinctly tuneful, and considerably above the average of the usual offerings. On the whole, by no means an exciting evening, but a pleasant one. In spite of the camouflaging effects of crinolines, the chorus established itself as one of the most restful the eye could demand...
...success of the Spring grain sowing campaign will determine the progress and tempo of our whole economic structure for the next two years...
...college undergraduates of any very real religious certitude, of the variety dealt out by pious Sunday School teachers: it is, however, not to be assumed at once that students flock unthinking after the frequently flickering electric torch of Science. Theories are born, have their being, and die in rapid tempo: the ideas set down as dogmas in a scientific textbook "brought up to the minute" a decade ago are a laughingstock now. The actual accomplishments of Science are tangible enough, but the reasoning used to explain them today merely forms a link in an endless chain of fallacies tomorrow...
Quiet, steady progress toward a wider democracy and a stronger commercial structure is now the tempo of Japanese affairs...