Word: writes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even sneers. But it has become a part of the social-science landscape. A paperback abridged edition issued a year ago has sold 40,000 copies, an enormous sale for a work of this sort, which contains no soothing soul-poultice, no sensationalism, and makes no effort to write down to a lay public. Individualism Reconsidered, a brilliant collection of essays published this year, elaborates some of Riesman's central themes...
...stifling hot day last week, 50 excited matrons from 35 organizations jammed into a Jakarta living room to argue for four hours about what was to be done. They finally decided to write letters to the Cabinet and Parliament. As for 53-year-old President Soekarno, he merely issued a statement confirming his marriage to his new wife, Heriati Hartini Suwondo. Soekarno kept her prudently out of sight, though those who knew said she was a brown-eyed, black-haired Javanese beauty...
...Republican state convention, to be held next week in Syracuse. But Dewey heard the outriders of a "Draft-Dewey" movement trumpeting in the distance, and promptly moved up his schedule by two weeks. Two days before he was to make his television appearance, he sat down to write his speech, consulting with Irving Ives by telephone. Between them they made final arrangements, e.g., by selecting an Ives-man to take over as Republican state chairman...
...wanted Copland, I would have asked him to write it"). The second was too complicated. But the third, consisting of simple tunes with skeletal, guitarlike accompaniments, rang the bell. Composer Kay scoured source books for western tunes, came up with twelve of them, from Old Taylor, Rye Whisky and Lolly-Too-Dum to Red River Valley (which he used as a unifying theme). Balanchine took the piano sketch to his rehearsal hall and roughed in dance movements with his company. When Balanchine & Co. got back from a successful West Coast tour last month, the score was ready. Last week...
...morning last summer, George Balanchine, the New York City Ballet's brilliant choreographer, called up an arranger named Hershy Kay. Balanchine had just returned from Wyoming and was delighted by the lovely scenery, the pretty songs, the appealing cowboy costumes. Balanchine wanted Kay to write the music for a new western ballet. "Just write something." said Balanchine airily, "and we'll work from there...