Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Violins & Candy Bars. Western music was introduced into Japan before the turn of the century, but its tonalities and forms were so alien to the whining microtones of Oriental music that it found only a small following. By the 1930s, German music teachers had settled in Japan and introduced their ear-training methods into school music programs. The Japanese, in turn, brought the Western techniques to Korea during their prewar occupation. After World War II, the presence of Americans in Japan and Korea stimulated even more interest in the Western repertory...
...make them live in timeless harmony. It is also an honor scroll of what makes a repertory group outstanding: fluid ensemble work, resourceful acting, thoughtful direction, intuitive dramatic taste, a sense of purpose and style, a firm guiding intelligence and a zestfulness of spirit. Currently making its first Western Hemisphere appearance with a Canadian tour, the troupe presents three classics from two centuries: Strindberg's Dance of Death and Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear (early 20th) and Congreve's Love for Love (late 17th). No American resident company could have done these plays with...
...matching the lines and curves of Western auto designs-often at lower prices-Japanese carmakers provided an eye-catching, purse-opening display at this year's round of European auto shows. Visitors to the Paris Auto Salon were entranced by the Toyota GT, which was James Bond's set of wheels in You Only Live Twice. And at the London show last week, crowds around Honda's mini-size line of cars were so dense that most of the curious visitors could not even get close enough to kick the tires...
...Nickerson, who is also chairman of the Business Council, an advisory group for the White House. When Middle East hostilities either slowed or stopped production at Mobil's holdings in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran, the company merely dipped deeper into its vast North American reserves and substituted Western Hemisphere petroleum for Middle East oil that could not reach Europe quickly because of the Suez Canal closure. As a result, Nickerson reported third-quarter earnings up 6.8%, to $93.8 million. Jersey Standard Chairman Michael L. Haider announced that the world's largest oil company had substantially increased...
...Railroads also reported lower third-quarter results. The Pennsylvania Railroad showed a sharp drop in earnings, from $27,557,000 last year to $11,135,000. Union Pacific's net income was down from $26,193,000 to $19,595,000, and Norfolk & Western, normally one of the most profitable, had a 23% earnings decline. The N. & W. managed, however, to set another sort of record. Pulled and pushed by eight diesel engines, a supertrain of 450 coal cars moved over 47 miles of N. & W. track to set a freight-train record for U.S. railroads. Any motorist caught...