Word: conductivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...challenge to the U.N.'s new role came from Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin who launched into a 75-minute attack on Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and his conduct of the U.N.'s Congo forces. "The U.N. command and the Secretary-General in person," cried Zorin, "ignore the lawful government of the Congo. They do not merely fail to help the government, but attempt to discredit it. They try to impede in every way the implementation of measures which the government is taking to restore order and normalcy in the country. They try to assist the countries...
...changing reading habits of the nation. Most news, except for disasters and other unexpected events, happens on the world's working days and tends to peak at the end of the week. So, the editors reasoned, it would be logical to put TIME "to bed" Saturday night, conduct most of the printing operation (already the fastest of its kind in the world) during the relatively quieter Sunday hours, and get the magazine to its readers earlier...
...always find a piano to play, but we have to come from all over the world to Besancon to find an orchestra to conduct." So said New York's Allen Miller, 27, who with 34 other contestants (all under 30) was taking part in Besancon's tenth annual International Competition for Young Conductors. Every summer musicians and music fans journey to the town in eastern France to look over the new podium talent: a prize or honorable mention in the contest usually brings quick success, or at least a job, in the music world...
Last year she went off-Broadway to conduct a pair of musicals, and finally got her break two months ago when Conductor-Producer Greene decided to step down from Music Man's podium. So far, not a peep of complaint has been heard from her 24-piece orchestra. "You know," said one musician, "this is the first time I ever watched a conductor...
Germany, Italy and Switzerland this fall. He is also scheduled to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic in six concerts in its home city and then take it on tour to London for a Beethoven cycle. December calls for a production of Fidelia at La Scala. And since he is now free of Salz burg, Edinburgh may seek his services for its music festival next year. Finally, there are reports that Von Karajan has privately expressed his ambition to conduct the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House in New York...