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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close in time to assess Bernstein's compositions accurately. His music's eclecticism and its peculiarly American-sounding angst are qualities that have endeared Bernstein to his listening public and alienated him from his critics. Bernstein, along with Aaron Copland, is the most performed contemporary American composer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Bernstein's Biography | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...pretty grim profession," says Jonathan E. Marks, who teaches courses on drama at Harvard and is the literary director of the American Repertory Theatre. "Talent itself is sufficient only in the case of the most extraordinary talent." While Marks will not individually assess this year's senior acting crop, he says he would not be surprised to see several of them in the profession 10 years from now, "which is remarkable...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: ...And It Pays Badly, Too | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

Biden, the ranking member on the Senate ForeignRelations Committee, said that American foreignpolicy has failed because of flawed leadership andthe inability to assess the changed worldsituation...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Biden Says Reagan Policy Fails | 5/29/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard [Law School] faculty is in a farbetter position to assess tenure decisions thanBok," said Tribe...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Bok Denies Tenure For Law Professor | 5/29/1987 | See Source »

...Hints from Heloise." This involves, for some reason, driving from Chicago to San Antonio, where Evans lives. "In Muskogee, Oklahoma," Frazier confides, "I saw a Taco Hut, a Taco Bell, and a Taco Tico." Then he has to find a suitable motel ("I wanted a locally owned one") and assess his impressions so far: "I had not been in Texas long before I started having millions of insights about the difference between Texas and the rest of America. I was going to write these insights down, but then I thought -- Nahhh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lallygagging Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

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