Word: section
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...novelty was provided by a greatly expanded orchestra, including many new faces, and blessed with a huge and excellent string section. The strings found a deserved complement in the virtuosic wind group which pulled off Stravinsky's exacting Symphonies for Wind Instruments with breath-taking precision and intonation. Nor did Mr. Senturia let technical concerns overshadow the equally crucial matters of vitality and awareness which should be the major strengths of any good amateur ensemble...
...descending spirals, wove between hills near the town of Oso. He was only 200 yds. from the pasture. But the 707. torn and tossed far beyond the limits of its carefully engineered endurance, gave up. The fiery wing exploded, and the plane splashed into the Stillaguamish River. The forward section disintegrated on impact, killing Baum, Berke, Engineer Hagen and Frank Staley, The tail section hit a sandbar, and the four men inside crawled to safety...
...pleure dans mon coeur com-me il pleut sur le village," he recalled from an old course in French literature, "but of course it doesn't rain in Provence." Vag remembered he would need a language recommendation for his French fellowship. He thought of M. Plombier, his French A section man. He had gotten a C- in the course, "mais alors, M. Plombier etait une ame sympathique...
President J. Eugene Clements '63 and Treasurer Charles A. Stevenson '63 will uphold the affirmative position against one section of the M.I.T. team, while Vice-President Michael S. Rice '63 and Publicity Chairman James B. Vaughter '63 will defend the negative opinion against the other...
Watson lives in this section, and hence is couting on strong support from his neighborhood because of his vigorous stand. This boils down to a straight play for votes since Watson can scarcely claim to influence the State highway department in its choice of a route...