Word: tunefully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when she is not singing or acting, she is in great demand as a model. And she gets nearly as much press as De Gaulle: 20 French magazines have put her on their covers, and she is literally updated every day in France-Soir. When her tune Hi Pals! became a hit, a hungry publisher turned the unlikely name into the title of a magazine - which three years later sells nearly 1,500,000 copies a month...
Polo Balls. To begin with, even the foremost violinists are out of tune. Jascha Heifetz, Leonid Kogan and Isaac Stern like the dark, virile tone of the Guarneri; Zino Francescatti, Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh prefer the lighter, silvery tone of the Stradivari. The Guarneri has the breadth and projection of a contralto, says one camp. Ah, yes, but the Strad has the clarity and finesse of a soprano, counters the other. That Stradivari enjoys a more illustrious reputation, says Heifetz, is because "he had a better pressagent." Actually, claims Jascha, "the Guarneri is a joyous woman, richly experienced...
...York's Allie Sherman. Last week, as he gazed around Yankee Stadium, what to his wondering eyes should appear-blue-and-white pennants, thousands upon thousands of them, all emblazoned "Goodbye Allie." The fans even put the words to music with a roaring choir to the tune of Goodnight, Ladies. At that, Sherman was lucky, considering what has happened to the once mighty Giants...
...slow movement was uncomfortably splattered with bad intonation and overlooked sharps and flats in the strings. In the minuet the strings were not together with the winds, and were themselves in internal rhythmic strife. The finale was more compelling, especially near the end. When the players were in tune and together, the orchestra, though small, made a big, rich sound. The winds were generally dependable, although the horns occasionally faltered and the oboes battled as to which of them would play more out of tune with the violins in the slow movement...
...committee in the hoary tradition of blue-ribbon committees. What its 22 members say about the draft when they report to the President January 1, will represent the thinking of responsible adults everywhere. And because the Commission has been most attentive to Johnson's pronouncements and most careful to tune their logic to his, what they say will be listened...