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...shocked, but they were also delighted. People who had turned up expecting to hear such staples as Surrey with the Fringe on Top, got a dose of Anton Webern-the complex Cantatas Nos. 1 and 2-plus a Buxtehude cantata and Bach's Magnificat. As it passed the mid-point of its month-long tour of Europe last week, the choir had collected a scrapbook full of glowing reviews. The fact that teenagers could sing music of such complexity, wrote the critic of The Hague's Vrije Volk, was "nothing short of staggering." Back home in Princeton, people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Teen-Age Atonalists | 7/6/1962 | See Source »

...Convociation address came near the mid-point of the three-week General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, which Pusey is attending in New Delhi...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Speech Attacks Emphasis on Science | 11/27/1961 | See Source »

...word of one short followed by two long syllables appearing at the end of a line, in 6,344 lines or 40.42% of the total lines. Sample: 'Απολλων'(Apollo). By the same token, this kind of word never once appears at mid-point in a line. Such evidence of stylistic consistency goes far to disprove the 19th century theory that many men wrote the Iliad. Scholars can still debate whether or not the author was Homer, but Computer Classicist McDonough hopes to solve another old mystery: Did the man who wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Homogeneous Homer | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

Last night's contest marked the mid-point of the squad's 21-game schedule. The team takes to the road for the next game, scheduled for Saturday night and will travel to Hanover to play Dartmouth. Dartmouth is rated as one of the best teams in the league...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amherst Beats Varsity Five, 64-55; Second Half Playing Injures Team | 2/7/1957 | See Source »

Five freshman winter teams approach the mid-point in their seasons without a loss, while a sixth has lost only one contest. All seem to have borne out expectation expressed by coaches in pre-season predictions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Teams Almost Unbeaten | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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