Word: vocalization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...without its critics. As one agency executive puts it. "They laughed when we sat down at the world to play . . ." And like the famed advertising slogan about the man who surprised one and all with his new-found talent at the piano, some of the Peace Corps' most vocal critics became avid boosters...
...unpopular with most Americans. It is simply confusing. Nobody is better aware of that than Lyndon Johnson. Though the pollsters tell him that a substantial majority of Americans approve of his policies, he knows that he can rely only on a thin crust of active support; and a vocal opposition is constantly gnawing away at that crust. In large measure, the fault is his own, for he has never definitively explained the reasons, risks and alternatives involved in the American commitment to Viet Nam's struggle for independence...
...Rumanian Folk Ballet, performing in Washington, D.C., danced even less: 13 of their 19 numbers were vocal or orchestral. The dancers traded on speed, unflagging vigor and, as a handout from the Rumanian Embassy advised, smiles that "always blossom on the cheeks of our people." In a spectacular number, The Forest Mountains, the men reeled off a series of backward somersaults over the shoulders of their girl partners, falling on the stage and twitching furiously, then leaping up for the thigh-slapping routine. For a finale, a panpiper let loose with a spirited version of Yankee Doodle, which brought smiles...
Taking the Plunge. Thomas has not yet graduated into the ranks of the full-fledged heldentenor. Basically, this requires a voice with the coloring of a baritone and the range of a tenor. Unlike the bel canto tenor who must employ vocal embroidery, the heldentenor must possess the raw power and endurance to sing the weightiest and longest roles in opera. The supreme tests are Wagner's Tristan and Siegfried, which require 65 and 90 minutes respectively, as compared, say, with the 22 minutes for Tosca. Lauritz Melchior, the last great heldentenor, did not attempt Tristan until...
...contest was linked to Playboy's annual Jazz Poll in which its readers are asked to select the top jazz musicians of the year. The balloting results in the selection of a hypothetical big band, made up of leading jazz artists, as well as the top instrumental and vocal LP's of 1965 and three outstanding jazz personalities to be enshrined in Play Jazz Hall of Fame...