Word: absently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...general, the Band had trouble coping with the Hindemith, evidencing flaws which were absent else-where. Hindemith takes a Straussian delight in piling up layers of motivic material, creating a massive and complicated fabric of sound. There are simply a lot of notes to get through, and often the Band gave the impression it was plowing through the music rather than performing...
...Only two who were invited will be absent: Bolivia's Rene Barrientos, who is angry because the question of his landlocked country's access to the sea is not on the agenda, and Haiti's Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier, who fears what might happen if he left home. Cuba's Castro was not, of course, invited...
...fourth major document of the Roman Catholic Church in the past six years to deal with socioeconomic problems,* the 12,000-word encyclical was in some ways the Pope's most striking pronouncement. In it, he gave unexpected support to government-sponsored birth control programs (see cover story). Absent from the encyclical was the usual stream of hedging qualifiers that in France have earned him the nickname "the Pope of Buts." Instead, the document had a ringing tone of urgency, as Paul called upon all men of good will to cooperate in achieving economic justice...
Unlike the full-dress Viet Nam conferences that preceded it, this week's meeting on remote Guam was wreathed in an aura of almost spartan austerity. Absent were Honolulu's air of Sybaritic somnolence and Manila's mood of gaudy gaiety. Guam is strictly business-and the business is to accelerate the military and political progress in Viet...
...cars, and he has long been an advocate of fair employment practices in Massachusetts. Says Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin: "If you compare Brooke and Adam Powell on civil rights, you cannot immediately give the edge to Powell. Adam blocked granting of funds to the Urban League. He was absent for the vote on many bills, including civil rights bills." Floyd McKissick, CORE's national director and an advocate of black power, says that "the black community has its fingers crossed on Brooke." But McKissick also concedes: "If one is a politician in a white state, one relies on white...