Word: abruptness
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Weld Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell--who is currently taking an unpaid leave of absence to protest lack of faculty diversity--said that the abrupt and uncourteous manner in which Watson was dismissed may have revealed an attempt to punish Watson for his controversial views...
Schuller calls Epitaph "a musical summary of one of the great jazz composers of the century, from the sweet and gentle Mingus to the angry Mingus." In style, Epitaph is characteristic of his orchestral compositions: echoes of gospel songs and his acknowledged master, Duke Ellington; abrupt rhythmic shifts; fleeting lyrical passages (often scored for piano or vibes) that unexpectedly explode into dissonant choruses of yawps and growls; high- register solos underscored by ostinato refrains on basses and trombones. Some of the sections allow for considerable improvisation: a full-throttle version of Better Get It in Your Soul -- one of Mingus...
...problems for the domestic novel, even one as smartly written as Natural Selection. People living together ensure tension and expectation. Apart, there is a sense of exhaustion. Barthelme gets the conjugal entropy just right, but, by definition, he is at a dead end. His resolution is to spring an abrupt and wrenching ending better suited for a short story than a novel. It involves a car chase and could use a warning: sudden stops can cause whiplash...
...very end of the book is a profound disappointment; Turow creates a most unlikely event that provides the most optimistic future outcome for all parties. The abrupt, trite ending seems to suggest that Turow got tired of writing and yearned for the comfort of his plush law office, and simply wanted to tack on a quick ending...
Ishaq Khan dismissed the federal legislature and dispatched the army to take over the national television station and telephone exchanges, bringing an abrupt end to Bhutto's 20-month-old government. He scheduled new elections for October 24, imposed a state of emergency and appointed the nation's opposition leader, Mustafa Jatoi, interim prime minister...