Word: workmanship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...many, the theory that the great age of symphonic composition is past may seem a foregone conclusion. But few musical theorists would put any time limit on music of distinctive character and value. What won Creston his award was the deft workmanship of his composition. Bristling with intricate rhythms and neatly joined phrases, it seemed to know where it was going, even if it did not go very...
...Hollywood standards these Mexican films look crude, but as products of Mexico's infant film industry they show surprising workmanship and an encouraging resistance to Hollywood. Despite low budgets (average picture cost: $25,000), Mexican films are popular throughout Latin America. Twenty-seven producing companies last year turned out 80 pictures. Cantinflas probably has been the biggest single stimulus to this boom...
...Moscow, where the population has jumped from one million in 1920 to over four million today, housing conditions are further complicated by the abrupt wartime cessations of badly needed new residential buildings, by poor architectural planning and bad workmanship on some apartments, and by lack of materials to repair bomb-damaged windows and roofs...
...essentially a copy of the U.S. Pratt & Whitney Wasp with features of the Wright Cyclone and British Bristol Hercules, is used in many of the Zeros. It is a 14-cylinder, double-banked, radial air-cooled engine, rated 1,050 h.p. when run on 95 to 100 octane fuel. Workmanship is spotty; some parts are finely finished, others are very crude. The weakest point is the cooling system; cooling area per cylinder is under 1,000 sq. in. compared to 2,800 in the genuine Wright Cyclone. The propeller is a duplicate of the U.S.-made Hamilton Standard...
When carefully made, this improvised gas mask is effective against all known war gases. But the A.W.V.S. and the War Department are leary of inexperienced workmanship. The least carelessness in fitting the parts of the gas mask together would permit gas to enter. The A.W.V.S. recommends that all such masks be made under its supervision...