Word: virtuoso
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Died. Jack Benny, 80, comedic virtuoso of vaudeville, radio and TV; of cancer; in Beverly Hills, Calif. (see SHOW BUSINESS...
First up was Chief Prosecutor James F. Neal, who put on a virtuoso performance, weaving together the myriad strands of evidence into a cohesive case that the five former political associates of Richard Nixon conspired to cover up the facts of the Watergate bugging and burglary. His voice rising and falling and his arms chopping the air for emphasis, Neal described an illegal cabal "on a massive scale by the highest officials of the land," involving perjury and the payment of nearly $500,000 to buy the silence of the Watergate burglars. He concluded: "One red cent paid to keep...
...performing musician is quite as inflated as the virtuoso trumpeter. Preparing for a good high staccato blast or a long, breath-defying legato lament, the trumpeter can puff himself up so much that the air pressure inside him may exceed that of an average automobile tire (24 lbs. per sq. in.). No other wind player can make that statement. No other musician can literally become so dizzy so easily. No other has such a constant fight between muscular tension and interpretive relaxation and grace...
...Cyril M. Harris of New York, a professor of architecture and electrical engineering at Columbia University. He is already responsible for the excellent sonics at the Metropolitan Opera and the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. By now it is only fair to hail Harris as an acoustics virtuoso. Harris' secret, if it can be called that, is to stick as closely as possible to classic European models like Vienna's Grosser Musikvereinssaal. That means a rectangular shape, plenty of wood and plaster, no concrete or vinyl, and a minimum of carpeting and plush upholstery on chairs...
...different styles with wildly fluctuating bands. He was into African music in the late '60s, but lately he's gone somewhat commercial, recording nostalgic '30s swing material. It's hard to tell what you'll get here, but when he wants to be, Lateef is a real virtuoso...