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Even the Classical sections of the evening were filled with contradictions. Schubert's Fifth Symphony, the longest single work and the only one played as originally written, was technically the worst; in both first and third movements the orchestra fell apart, violins didn't play together and so on. And yet, the idea was there. Schubert is easy to play wrong; it can be slushy or dry or cute; to get the unique Schubert characteristic of Romantic Classicism and complex simplicity is difficult. But the orchestra, despite its momentary technical amnesia, got that blend perfectly...
History by Twilight. Sunday's crowd of 74,065 in Yankee Stadium was the biggest in history, and had spent a record $327,659 to get in. What they saw set some kind of a record, too; for bad pitching, and for edgy, spectacular play. It was the longest nine-inning game (3 hrs. 19 min.) in Series history; the Yankees used more players (21) and both sides more pitchers (ten) than ever before. This time it was the proud Yankees, hustled to distraction by Brooklyn's irreverent Bums, who looked sloppy. The Dodgers won, and evened...
...longest split-week in Harvard's theatrical history is beginning to suffer from a glut of empty seats. Like Benny and Allen, the Harvard Dramatic Club and the Veteran's Theatre Workshop seem to think there's nothing like a feud to fill the stands. The stunt is wearing thin, though, and readers of the daily communiques are beginning to wonder why both groups don't fold their flats and silently steal away to squabble in a small, warm, soundproofed room...
...taken office and had no real authority, he ordered police to send 400 patrol wagons out to bring voting machines to police headquarters-he suspected Tammany henchmen of trying to alter the vote for comptroller. The police obeyed, and the Fusion candidate won. In the next twelve years, the longest period any mayor of New York ever spent in office, life in the great city was seldom dull...
...chemical element, No. 61 is not good for much; it is almost as unstable as curium. The longest-lasting of its two isotopes has a half-life of 3.7 years...