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...orchestra made some surprisingly shaggy entrances and, at times, Harbison's more grandiose conception of the work resulted in the orchestra's drowning out Murray's playing. This imbalance and inaccuracy on the orchestra's part disappeared in the last movement when it joined the pianist in a vibrant performance of the finale--a fitting close to an excellent concert...
...taken a company that only three years ago was on the brink of the grave, the butt of countless jokes ("Did you hear about the man who was hit by a Rambler and went to the hospital to have it removed?"), and given it a new and vibrant lease on life. More remarkable, he has done it all by selling an "economy" car that, in 1956, actually cost $4 more than the Big Three's cheapest car (it is now $311 cheaper), and that takes an expert driver to get the company-boasted gas mileage (more than 30 miles...
...rally his strength, Koch made long, fiery speeches in Polish in his own defense, disputing the court's right to try him, insisting that Polish Communists were guilty of crimes worse than those he was charged with. Between speeches he listened glumly to wartime recordings of his once-vibrant voice proclaiming, "Without Hitler we are nothing. With Hitler we shall be all!" Husky guards dragged the ex-Gauleiter to his feet to hear two verdicts: for a Polish Jew named Hersz Pianko, whose entire family of 63 persons was wiped out under Koch's rule, the judge ordered...
...Scala debut last week MacNeil was in typically impressive form: his rich, flexible baritone soared and swelled with enormous power; his acting had about it a quality of vibrant conviction that dominated the stage. Once he moved the house to bravos. Few in the audience realized that MacNeil was there for merely a one-shot appearance, was not given a rehearsal with the cast or orchestra. And few but La Scala's sharpest critical ears detected that MacNeil speaks no Italian, has to learn his roles by rote. Said MacNeil modestly: "There isn't much acting required...
...white-faced Herefords and the grunting of 500 Hampshire hogs, waiting at row on row of troughs to be fed. In the barn. North stepped up to an instrument panel as intricate as a ship's, began pushing buttons and pulling switches. All around, the barn came to vibrant life. From one silo dropped ground corn, from another silage, from a third shelled corn...