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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...practical management of socialist agriculture"-Red gibberish which Brezhnev suggested meant a more rational use of "economic incentives" and "greater independence" along the lines the Soviets are already applying in industry (TIME cover, Feb. 12). Also planned: a massive infusion of new capital into the farm sector to the tune of some $80 billion over the next five years-double the present rate...
...Price is a featured performer in Roar of the Grcasepaint--Smell of the Crowd, the new Anthony Newley musical currently on tour in a pre-Broadway tune-up. The Variety reviewer singled out Price's "lusty, full-voiced" singing of "Feeling Good" as the production's "real musical click." That's Price's only song, but it indicates well a little of what...
...They tune in to watch The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("such good evil," says a North Carolina viewer), The Rogues ("the best flick on the eye"), The Fugitive ("Fuge" to friends), Shindig or Hullabaloo ("the horny hours"), and horror shows (called "ghoul spools" at Harvard to distinguish them from wild parties). One Rad-Cliffie is the head of a Bullwinkle the Moose fan club, and at Stanford, "Bugs Bunny really causes a lot of comment-there's a lot to say about Bugs Bunny...
...January 1958, Thompson was ordered to report to the Air Force base in Great Falls, Mont. "When I told them, the Russians got shook up and excited," he recalled. "They gave me $1,000 and told me to buy a short-wave radio and tune in on a special part of the band and listen for the code words 'Amour Lenin.' " The Reds gave him a cigarette lighter decorated with four aces and told him a Soviet agent with an identical lighter would meet him in front of a movie theater in Smiths Falls, Ont., 1,650 miles...
...flawless. I wasn't bowled over, but his phrasing and musicianship were equally good. [I was surprised that he hadn't memorized his part.] Music of this period is very transparent. For this reason the orchestra's slightly ragged playing was noticeable, and it was just enough out of tune with the piano to set my teeth on edge...