Word: vigils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...telescope itself, and the dome's curved doors slide open to the cold mountain air. Perched high above the observatory floor, with classical music from an all-night Los Angeles radio station in the background, he checks his instruments, loads a camera and settles down to his lonely vigil...
Reed is trying to arrange a "vigil calling for peace in Vietnam and supporting draft refusal" to be on hand when he presents the ashes of his draft card this Tuesday...
...Vigil's End. In the withering preliminary rounds, the first to be weeded out were the conductors who, like a child walking a Great Dane, were unable to hold a tight rein on the Orchestra of America. In the semifinals, which none of a ten-man U.S. contingent was able to reach, the remaining 13 candidates were put through a musical obstacle course: they had to conduct the first movement of Berlioz' Symphonic Fantastique, Debussy's First Rhapsody for clarinet and piano, a recitative and aria from Beethoven's Fidelio, and a surprise modern piece-Andre...
...seven survivors, the worst part was waiting for the judges' decision. Their vigil came to an end last week when, after 45 minutes' deliberation, the ten judges, led by Leonard Bernstein, filed onto Carnegie Hall's stage to announce the winners...
Earlier in the day, an estimated 1000 demonstrators braved the near 90-degree midday heat to keep a half-hour silent vigil in front of the White House. At least one man collapsed under the withering...