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...chorus canot handle the last movement. This is not surprising--no one ever has done an adequate job on it--but there is no excuse for badly timed entrances or faulty intonation. The altos and basses sounded usually correct, although it was not easy to hear them over the roar of a complete string choir, but the music quickly found the weak spots in both tenor and soprano sections, and unfortunately hammered at them through to the last, car-shattering high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 4/30/1946 | See Source »

...subway riders star at you? Does the "Harvard look" make then edge away or give your foot an extra trampling? How does the man under the street feel about Harvard men as his fellow handle clutcher? Over the roar of awaying cars, 25 travelers of the tunnels of the misnamed Boston Elevated Railway aired their views on their scholarly fellow passengers yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With Gals Who Know Commuters Best, It's Harvard By a Dime | 4/27/1946 | See Source »

...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Way of the Cross | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

...going full blast. The aim and essence of Delta Wedding is the recording of this mass effect; it has no plot, no direct narrative, and its few dramatic incidents and occasional solos seem to be brought in merely to show how negligible and squeaky they are compared with the roar of the family as a whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cloud-Cuckoo Symphony | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

...start and steady stroke shot the Royal Blues into an early lead, and they cut inside. The announcer said that Oxford was two lengths in front and going strong. The ex-Tommy cut his offer-a half a crown to a shilling. Still no takers. Outside, a polite British roar came from both sides of the river as Oxford came into view round the final bend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Day | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

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