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Your article on the "New Tonalists," composers who have turned away from hard-edged, avant-garde sounds, troubled me [MUSIC, March 6]. I don't like the idea that there are only two 20th century musical camps and that consonance and dissonance are the determining factors. Composers of the Romantic era took the tonal system they inherited from the classicists and extended it. As a composer, I want to have an unlimited number of tools at my disposal. This idea of consonance vs. dissonance, simplicity vs. complexity and Brussels sprouts vs. steak forces me to limit myself by choosing...
Penn (3-2, 0-1 Ivy), ranked 19th in the nation, has had an up and down season. The Quakers beat 13th ranked Notre Dame and 20th ranked Bucknell earlier this year by scores of 10-7 and 5-4 in overtime respectively...
Nothing underscores the technological revolution better than plastics, long viewed as cheap and ugly. Not since the early-20th century popularity of Bakelite has plastic been so loved. Polypropylene, for instance, the plastic that has been around since the '50s, can be molded so smooth it is almost sensuous, and it takes dyes like silk. German design firms Authentics and Koziol have made much hay out of plastic's new pizazz. Koziol's spaghetti forks with a smiley face, ice-cream scoops with eyes and the "Tim" dish brush with legs are some of more than 300 "cutensils," as they...
Based on any 20th century valuation model, the big brands are screaming buys, selling at huge discounts to the market. In the 21st century, things are different. Consider, for instance, how Wall Street values P&G's sales compared with those of a dotcom retailer. P&G's price-to-sales ratio: $2.12 of stock per dollar of sales. The same dollar's worth of Tide, say, sold through Priceline.com costs shareholders more: $26.11, based on Priceline's recent close of $94. And to own a dollar-size piece of the sales at fledgling dotcom grocery Webvan, you'll have...
Harvard hopes to build on last season's historic performance at nationals. The team finished 20th overall, with Dustin DeNunzio '99 and Killar earning All-American accolades with their fourth and sixth place finishes, respectively...