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...against a background of moaning strings and sudden percussive bursts, followed the austere style of the ancient gagaku court music of Japan, then shifted in the second movement to a distinctly Western hymnal theme. In the final movement, strains of East and West were interlaced in a rapid rhythmic pattern between the koto, flute and harp. Though sometimes lost in the thicket of strings, the high-strung koto proved a solo instrument of intriguing versatility. At the end, Stokowski locked arms with Eto and led him on and off the stage for three curtain calls...
...million of them on CBS television, and the TV viewers got a bonus dividend that the people in the stadium could not have. Instantly after the touchdown was scored, the same play appeared again on their TV screens; but this time the picture concentrated on Collins, running his pattern through two zoning defenders, cutting for the corner, then cutting back toward the goal posts and turning with perfect timing to look for the ball, which was right there to be plucked...
...torpedo can be launched either from aircraft or surface ships. It dives to a preset depth, speeds around in large circles, using secret, supersophisticated devices to seek out an enemy sub. If it finds nothing, the Mark-46 switches to "active echo ranging," breaks its circular pattern and snakes zigzag through the water like a hunter stalking a deer. Once the enemy is located, the torpedo homes in with its sonar...
...dandies or dogs, E's are eagles and F's are frongs or keepers. (B's are B's.) A University of Florida student who Christmas-trees it with flunkenstein is one who marks the answers on a multiple-choice exam in a repetitive pattern without reading the questions, then gets a failing grade from an IBM machine. A flunking student has flagged it, flushed it or tubed...
...phrenic. In their philosophy of Zionism all conflicts are reconciled. Zionism, though it is socialistic in favoring collective ownership, is also a nationalist movement that does not admit class conflicts within the Israeli community. Thus the Histadrut leaders calmly fix prices and wages in their own enterprises, setting a pattern for all industry, and rarely permit strikes. At the same time they also encourage private investment, aware that it is necessary for the sake of more rapid economic growth...