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...first time, it is as highly individualistic, if not as technically poised, as his later works. The playwright cuts through the conventions of accepted stage behavior and the rules of the well-made play to expose the cruel and the comic, the frighteningly familiar and the terrifyingly unknown in each man's existence...
...first time, it is as highly individualistic, if not as technically poised, as his later works. The playwright cuts through the conventions of accepted stage behavior and the rules of the well-made play to expose the cruel and the comic, the frighteningly familiar and the terrifyingly unknown in each man's existence...
...taken there in recent years. In 1960, when he was named Antal Dorati's successor on the Minneapolis podium, Skrowaczewski was the conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic and a former avant-garde composer. He had made only a handful of guest appearances with U.S. orchestras and was practically unknown in the States. Nowadays his name is not only familiar and esteemed but also correctly pronounced (Skro-vah-cheff-ski) throughout the American orchestral circuit...
...Unknown Treasure. Nevertheless, several Western firms that had their property taken over by the Sukarno regime see a better economic climate under Suharto and are making plans to return. Among these are Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Lever Bros. Others, enticed by a four-year tax holiday and easy repatriation of profits, are showing interest. The Freeport Sulphur Co. is prospecting for copper and stands ready to invest $75 million if sufficient ore is found. ITT has signed a $6,000,000 contract to build a satellite relay station near Djakarta...
Futurism is thriving now partly because the unknown always tantalizes man's curiosity. That alone can account for the popularity of books on the subject, even those that have been proved wrong. But this volume and its authors provide a better reason for estimating the look of tomorrow. The future has enormous shock value for a world that has not sought to take its measure in advance. If the world at the beginning of the 21st century were to be as "intellectually unprepared" for change as it was in 1929, 1941 and 1947, write the authors, it would...