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...skills to bear in a compelling performance of “Piano Concerto in G.” The first movement was quick and clear, highlighting Ravel’s jazzier inclinations and showcasing the orchestra’s collective virtuosity as it navigated extreme contrasts in volume and abrupt changes in melodic quality. The second movement’s lilting waltz kept a surprisingly brisk pace, making Thibaudet’s rare indulgent suspensions all the more effective. He maintained a steady sense of rhythm into the frenzied third movement, his lightning-fast technique never faltering as he continued...
...Fate is a playwright who writes final acts that are often horribly abrupt. Shame on Fate for taking George when he was still at the top of his illustrious game, with so many other complex characters to morph into...
...hard transition, then you owe it to every student to say that they get credit for every Core that they took,” Harris said.At its second meeting yesterday, the committee used anonymous course transcripts to examine the effects of an abrupt curricular switch. After the exercise, “there were several people who began to doubt the wisdom and feasibility of a hard transition,” according to Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen.In a “soft” transition, Gen Ed and the Core would co-exist for an adjustment period...
...first time since 1994, voters last November cited corruption scandals that had led to the resignation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, California Rep. Duke Cuningham and Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio, coupled with a sexual harassment scandal involving underage male congressional pages that led to the abrupt resignation of Florida Rep. Mark Foley...
...blunt in my criticism in the way that things have fallen apart." Likewise, when asked if he thinks anything that has emerged in the investigations of the warrantless wiretapping or Gonzales' firing of the U.S. Attorneys could merit impeachment of Bush or the Attorney General, Specter barked out an abrupt laugh. "Certainly not the President," Specter said. Then, after a pause: "And I think it's premature to talk about impeachment of anybody. I went through one proceedings of those and it was a big waste of time... I'm sick of wasting my time...