Word: talking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bell first went to the law enforcement agencies in Washington and New York. Then, armed with what the law knew about Costello, he set out on his own in the gambler's backyard: New York City. At first it was very frustrating. Costello sources did not want to talk about him. They failed to keep appointments with Bell, and when he called them back a voice at the other end of the telephone usually said "never heard...
Gradually, however, Bell got to know his way around and people started to talk. One afternoon he was talking to Costello's attorney in his office when Costello, who had been out of town, walked in. After the introduction the gambler said: "What's this TIME? It's the one with the red border...
...they expect Harvard to go out and beat Dartmouth, Yale, and Princeton, all of whom have vigorous alumni who do more than talk...
...analysis of the physical quality of sound and his tendency to talk in scientific analogies are part of his crusade to re-emphasize craftsmanship, rather than inspiration, in composition. He rejects entirely the esthetics of Romanticism, which define creativity as a mystical experience, writing down music drawn from the blue. He is impatient with those who still refuse to explore "twilight" areas in music such as melody. Everything can and should be analyzed...
...course when the Nieman Fellows talk about competition they're not worrying about marks. But just the same the students keep them on their toes. One fellow goes to the blackboard regularly in beginning French, and, of the 11 in Merk's course, six took the hour exam. The mean mark was B minus, and only one received...