Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...conduct an impartial poll, is that of asking non-leading questions. Mr. Gallup always, publishes the actual questions asked, to prove that they are unprejudiced. The editors of Defense could have strengthened their report considerably' by doing the same. Then, too, the general classifications of positions are far from clear: what place, for example, does "all necessary aid" occupy between "all material aid" and "military...
...whatever, I say, one thinks of it, one cannot deny its dramatic power and effectiveness. This dramatic power is what John Barbirolli fails to recreate. He is in general a pedestrian conductor, lacking the ability to envision a whole symphony in one flash, and so give his performances a clear stamp. The recording of the Sibelius Second suffers from this indeterminateness. It is rushed and nervous in places, stodgy in others, and prevailingly slovenly. One may quarrel with details of tempi when Koussevitzky plays the work, but without exception he gives a performance of superb vigor and effect. However...
...music are the ancient French carols sung on a single Columbia Record by the Strasbourg Cathedral Choir, music more of the folk quality than the Bach chorales, but of a similar fresh spirit, in its own way just as delightful. The much larger choir of the cathedral gives a-clear, pleasantly echoey rendition, not one, however, to compare with that of the Trapps...
...unanimously urge," the letter continues, "the necessity of a clear recognition that the emergency grows more rather than less grave as the days pass. We urge that all appropriate measures be taken to advance the defense program, and increase the production of vital supplies...
...some fly-by-night operators decided homemade talkies might clear some easy pesos. They came out with a nice profit and racy roadsters, but gave Mexican cinema such a bad name it is still trying to recover...