Word: custodians
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...most esteemed musical post in Germany, that of cantor to the St. Thomas Church Choir in Leipzig, is also the oldest: the first incumbent moved into the job in 1212. For 27 years (1723 to 1750) Johann Sebastian Bach himself directed the choir that has since become the chief custodian of his music. But in the last 3½ years, since scholarly Kurt Thomas took over as choirmaster, there have been persistent reports that the East German government has been trying to force the Thomaner to sing to a Communist tune. Last week Cantor Thomas fled to West Germany, taking...
...want to impair the pension rights of any present employee," says Newhouse, "but I want the profits hereafter to be used for the improvement of the physical plant and of the newspapers themselves." As far as Custodian Cook is concerned, Newhouse can whistle somewhere else for a meal-at least until 1967. Said Cook last week: "Newhouse has met a bunch of New England Yankees up here who are just as stubborn...
...Tokyo have anything in common, Azuma, a man of few English words, tersely replied: "Yes. Traffic jams." While touring the city, Azuma's wife Teruko, 62 and mother of five, stumped her guides by mischievously inquiring: "Who owns the Statue of Liberty-New York or New Jersey?" Its custodian: the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Owner: the U.S. people...