Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...decline from last year's smashing national victory (49%) but better than the last provincial election (36.9% in 1950). The Socialists-Adenauer's most powerful and vocal opponents-inched up from 31.9% in 1953 to 34-49%-The Communists lost all twelve of their seats...
...emasculated versions of popular Chopin pieces, and Debussy's Clair de Lune, accompanied by five Madison Square Garden spotlights making like the moon. Hardly anybody had time to decide whether he was playing all the notes: everything he did (including a soft-shoe dance and a pair of vocal numbers) was over before it could begin to pall...
...agenda, but soon his chairman's gavel was drowned out by the hubbub. Finally, he got through the nomination of the two opposing slates for the 15-man board of directors. He announced that the voting would include two resolutions sponsored by Mrs. Wilma Soss, the vocal president of the Federation of Women Shareholders and the holder of ten shares (plus about 1,000 proxies). Then, without waiting for discussion, White declared that the polls were open...
Like other Texas oilmen, Clint Murchison has also wet his feet in politics. An early Eisenhower supporter, he financed a pro-Ike campaign paper in Texas with Richardson. He has also been a vocal and financial supporter (for about $40,000) of Senator McCarthy, and has entertained him at his Mexican ranch. Murchison once said: "I like Joe McCarthy. He's done the greatest possible service to his country." Recently, he has cooled somewhat: "I was for him and still am, but with more reservations...
...some principle of organization, some inner logic that not only gives the separate sections a raison d'etre, but also builds to a culmination. The cantata's failure to do these things is attributable to several factors. There seemed to be virtually no relation between orchestra and chorus. The vocal sections were usually accompanied by only the piano, and it is significant that the one exception--Robert Gartside's tenor solo with light orchestral accompaniment--was among the high points of the performance. The conducting of Michael Greenebaum kept the difficult music on a fairly even keel. Perhaps...