Word: thompson
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...earlier excesses, two appeals court decisions had thrown out not only the convictions of five of the seven for crossing state lines with intent to foment riots but also the 159 contempt citations handed down by Hoffman. The Government decided against retrying the riot charges, but U.S. Attorney James Thompson overcame the prosecutorial reluctance of superiors on the contempt issue because he believed that the obstructionist tactics of the defense during the first trial should not stand unpunished. After a five-week trial, Judge Gignoux concluded that only 13 of the contempt counts warranted convictions...
Samuel Dash, chief counsel for the committee, Fred D. Thompson, its minority counsel, and Rufus L. Edmisten, a deputy counsel, will all attend today's conference...
...which has billings of $30 million and is the largest agency in direct-response advertising, the field in which consumers order goods and services directly from the advertiser. The Wunderman deal lifted Y & R into the No. 1 position in domestic billings, roughly $27 million ahead of J. Walter Thompson, which remains No. 1 worldwide with $772 million in billings...
...Hindemith Sonata for Violin and Piano (Op. 11, no. 4) was the standout of the evening. The sonata is an exciting work, and it is especially difficult because of passages which require extremely exact timing. Seth Carlin returned to the piano to accompany Marcus Thompson, whose Julliard training showed in his solid command of the difficult piece. Many people find Hindemith difficult to listen to (the Nazis expelled him from Germany as "a musical Bolshevik."), but the Sonata for Viola and Piano reflects Hindemith's deep regard for the tonal qualities of the viola, expressing the melodic and emotionally moving...
...Buswell, Thompson, and Foley will be back in the next Kirkland House presentation on Thursday. For 99 cents you can't beat them...