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...podium. Then he is all that might be expected of somebody who is regarded as one of the top younger figures in the field-firm, precise, sensitive, adept at molding the rich chiaroscuro of the Concertgebouw sound without blurring the melodies or jostling the rhythms. Under his baton, the orchestra is not yet burnished to the glow it had under Mengelberg, and in some of the repertory he has not yet overcome a faint tendency toward coolness and restraint. But when he conducts the full, darkly romantic music that seems to echo the Dutch temperament-Mahler or Bruckner, for example...
...University's refusal to rehire Winston, another Wilson intern, and an assistant professor set off massive student protests two weeks ago. The administration of the predominantly Negro college near Baton Rouge, Louisiana made some concessions to students on such issues as curfews, parietals, and censorship of students publications, but had nothing to say about the three teachers...
...long trip, but every now and then something rewarding comes of it. Last year in the mile relay, McKelvey dropped the baton in the first leg but kept on running -- and Harvard recovered in time to beat Penn...
...Players had the difficult task of living up to high dramatic and musical standards. Jim Paul conducting the entire show without a score, a token of the professionalism that permeated the production. Under his baton the pit orchestra and several notches above the usual for G&S at Agassiz. In spite of occasionally poor intonation and some floundering in more technical passages, Paul's musicians played with sensitivity and variety, giving Yeomen by far the most exciting theatre orchestra heard around here for along time. The chorus has been well-drilled by Vince Canzoneri, and they negotiated the tongue-twisting...
...employed in New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison's investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Indicted last week on conspiracy charges growing out of that probe, Businessman Clay Shaw had been linked to the assassination during a preliminary hearing by State Witness Perry Russo, 25, a Baton Rouge insurance salesman. Garrison's investigators supposedly checked out Russo's veracity beforehand by hypnotizing him and giving him an injection of a so-called "truth drug," Pentothal Sodium...