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...Society, for one thing, was too frail when its parts were exposed. Yet what in some ways limited the Glee Club's performance helped in others: at times its resonant sound became dull--particularly in the opening narrative--but elsewhere created awesome solidity. Yet, because the oratorio's greatest asset is its power and not its drama, the Glee Club's distinctive sound was quite in place...
...sports-minded princess enjoys ice skating and skiing, though her great interests are music, literature and theater. Christina's yen to be a "Cliffie" took shape last December after chats in Stockholm with Harvard's Nobel Prizewinning biochemist, J. D. Watson. "She will be a real asset," said Watson. "I think she's going to be a very beautiful woman...
...when he remarked "Seniority is the established rule of the Senate-now, can you call it Democracy?" Bayh went along with Kennedy: "Insofar as it reflects experience on the scene, and additional knowledge, it is to the good. A great majority of the time, it would be a great asset." But "as speaker of the Indian House of Representatives, I had too much authority. There is the danger that so far as it permits someone who is no longer in complete control of his faculties to have power...
...midfield standouts for the Crimson were Prahl and Wood. Prahl scored three times, twice unassisted, and was a consistent asset to the defense. Wood scored twice to maintain his team leadership in goals...
...picture-making process is far too complex to compete with Polaroid for the amateur snapshot market. But for some special applications, its lack of negatives or complicated chemical developers is a distinct asset. All that is necessary is to spray the film's photoconductive plastic top with an easily generated positive charge of static electricity. The bottom layer of the film carries an equal, but opposite, negative charge. Those two electric charges, although powerfully attracted to each other, are kept apart by the thin plastic film...