Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...have been a mistake to give him Toscanini's job, and Barbirolli made a greater mistake in accepting it. No two conductors could have been more different-in style, in approach to music, in taste, in general attitude toward conducting. Toscanini, the legendary martinet who kept the smallest details in perfect order, was the complete opposite of the mild-mannered Barbirolli, whose relaxed, romantic interpretations were based more on love than on technicality. When his contract at New York ran out, Barbirolli returned to England, by all accounts a failure, and took over the almost moribund Halle Orchestra of Manchester...
...Justice Department has not spared its strongest advocates or language in pressing the Government's interest. U.S. Solicitor General Erwin Griswold unsuccessfully asked the court to award judgment as a matter of law. At stake, the Government's brief stated, "is not a case of merely monetary importance. Until resolved, the disagreement impedes the further exploration and development of the submerged lands of the outer continental shelf for which Congress has declared an urgent need...
...moving ahead, still bursting with ideas. The latest is for a new weekly magazine to be called W ("For the Woman Who Is First") that would cost 50¢, have a press run of 225,000 and be, in effect, an expanded WWD without all the trade stories. But the general economic climate has postponed the birth of W, and revenue slippage at Fairchild Publications (down from last year's record $33 million gross and $5.5 million profit) threatens the continued publication of Home Furnishings Daily and Metalworking News...
...third year 12? more -amounting in all to a raise of 14%, or 50? an hour, over the three-year contract term. Higher-paid craftsmen in the auto industry would gain more -48? per hour in the first year, for instance, for skilled workers now earning $6.46. General Motors placed the cost of the package at $1.4 billion for wages alone, and called the offer "the largest economic proposal" in the company's history...
...General Motors Corp. made a unique move last week to meet the objections of critics who have assailed its attitude toward such major social issues as auto safety and pollution. The world's largest manufacturer designated five members of its board of directors as a "public policy committee" to "inquire . . . into all phases of [General Motors'] operations" that relate to national problems. The group is headed by John A. Mayer, chairman of Mellon National Bank & Trust Co. G.M. Chairman James Roche said that the existence of the committee would give "matters of broad national concern a permanent place...