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...itself,” Bok notes in his abstract, “the act of accepting a donation does not imply an endorsement of the views or actions of the benefactor...
...much easier to synchronize on the fly. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, as Marley Marl and Kool G. Rap handed the reins over to DJ Premier and Nas, rap entered what many call its “golden age,” wedding abstract lyricism to street-level relevance over complex beats. With the efforts of producers like Luny Tunes and artists like Calle 13 (whose new album “Residente O Visitante” dropped on Tuesday), reggaeton seems poised to do the same. —Staff writer Will B. Payne can be reached...
...face of this minor setback and a slight hesitance in the orchestra after the second restart, the piece proceeded boldly to the end. While Yannatos described his composition in completely abstract terms in his notes, it was clear that his concerto embodied the hero-versus-world aesthetic of nineteenth century Romantic pieces. Yannatos did not provide a program or narrative, but it was difficult not to hear Haimovitz as the protagonist in a story...
...none of these definitions fit. Attempting to explain Monday’s rampage as a failure of one of these abstract ideas leaves the impression of missing the essential element. As the days and weeks pass, numerous hypotheses will emerge trying to explain why a 23-year old, after shooting two people in a dormitory, would, two hours later, chain the doors of a hall, walk to the second floor, and systematically murder thirty people in four classrooms. Some accounts will conclude the rampage to be a failure of Virginia Tech’s policies to provide a correct response...
...Words and stories inspire me because they're the most abstract. When someone is telling me a story, I dream; when I see a movie, I think. So it's the difference between dreaming and thinking." ?Alber Elbaz, creative director of Lanvin...