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...music from the loud end of the horn; most concert halls put the orchestra on a stage and send the sound through a proscenium arch. German Architect Hans Scharoun, 70, the cigar-puffing, beret-topped president of West Berlin's Academy of Arts, believes that this is thoughtless imitation of the theater or the opera. He had observed that listeners at jamfests naturally circled around the musicians, and wanted to test his idea that "the natural location of music, spatially and optically, is in the center of a music hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Symphony in the Round | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

President Kennedy was furious. In a hastily called news conference he denounced the U.S. House of Representa tives for a "shortsighted, irresponsible and dangerously partisan" action. The House's Republican leaders, he snapped, were guilty of "a shocking and thoughtless" attack on a program vital to U.S. security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Aid: The Stunning Setback | 8/30/1963 | See Source »

Older Republicans may be just as unknowledgeable, but when asked to nominate candidates or pass resolutions at a national convention, they at least are aware of the mood of the voters and the realities of 20th century politics. For the senior party, thoughtless or extreme stands cost votes, victories and jobs; for the more conservative Young Republicans, taking such stands costs only the respect of some of their elders, while the catharsis it brings usually seems worth that small price (It should be observed that parallel situations arise in many liberal organizations...

Author: By Bruce K.chapman, | Title: Young Republicans: The Amateur pros | 5/1/1963 | See Source »

...educational system in America (or anywhere else) to show how it might be geared toward training men and women capable of fulfilling the potential of leisure. In trying to dismiss the social realities of the present and jump to the "musing" that he admittedly loves, DeGrazia makes some remarkably thoughtless assertions...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: From the Shelf | 4/20/1963 | See Source »

...will take all the American teachers in Africa many months to erase the scars left by Senator Ellender's thoughtless remarks during his recent African junket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1962 | 12/28/1962 | See Source »

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