Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concerto, like much of Mozart's music, was composed quickly and on commission. The composer adhered rigidly to the classical concerto form, and scored his work modestly. But already, at the age of 18, he had mastered the delicate orchestration, the ethereal grace and the inimitable turn of phrase that one associates with his later and more famous works. Thus endowed, he turned everything he touched to gold; even his 'minor' works are illuminated with his genius...
Other books by women authors such as "Mommie Dearest," stories of actress Joan Crawford by her daughter Christina Crawford, and "Moments of Being," unpublished autobiographical writings by Virginia Woolfe, seem to be popular with college-age readers, Peter Barkley, a short-order buyer at Words Worth, said last week...
...right of parents "to preserve home education" under that state's laws. But many parents of stay-at-homes find themselves enmeshed in legal controversies with local truant officers. Laws on school attendance vary widely from state to state; some permit children to enroll in school as late as age eight (Arizona) and to leave as early as age 14 (Massachusetts). In addition, some parents are asked to prove they are qualified?in some cases, professionally certifiable as teachers?before a local judge or school board...
More than adults acknowledge, those perceptions travel past youth to maturity and age...
...American children, the Renaissance is as remote as the Stone Age...