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...asks for an A for woodwinds, a B-flat for the brasses, an A again for the strings. The three sections tune separately. Nor does Stokowski, like most conductors, stop the orchestra in mid-flight during practice sessions; he plays through a composition from beginning to end, making copious notes, then consults his notes before pointing out where the orchestra went wrong. Courteous and patient with his orchestra, he is also given to sharply pointed remarks when he thinks that a musician is performing 'at less than his best. At a recent rehearsal he remarked dryly to one culprit...
...Born Again." In teaching the literature course, Harvard's Professor Martin dug deep into the "ethos" of King Lear. His charges scribbled copious, precise notes (only one or two actually dozed). At length Martin paused to ask: "What happens to Edgar at the end of the play...
...pieces, sifted and shifted them until a picture took shape; then, last week. Sorensen flew to Palm Beach with an outline of the President's State of the Union message, to be delivered to Congress this week. In Palm Beach, the President reviewed the Sorensen outline, penciled in copious notes and packed Sorensen off to the Palm Beach Towers hotel to draft the actual speech. When Kennedy takes the rostrum of the House of Representatives, his tone will be one described as "cautious optimism...
...into a saclike reservoir. Using his best microtechniques, Dr. Schildknecht next analyzed the fluid and found to his amazement that it was about 10% hydroquinone and toluhydroquinone (acrid compounds related to carbolic acid) and 23% hydrogen peroxide. When mixed in a test tube these chemicals reacted spontaneously, giving off copious gas, but something still unknown keeps them from reacting as long as they lie undisturbed in the beetle's ammunition sacs...
...boyish subservience to Adenauer has earned him the title "Bonn's oldest young man." He is nonetheless a seasoned political infighter whose cunning and ambition make him difficult to dislodge. One reason for Schröder's seeming invulnerability, according to politicos, is his habit of keeping copious dossiers on colleagues' lapses and foibles...