Word: bents
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...attacking Bush. Has a U.S. President ever been so vilified worldwide? Is the rest of the world wrong? I applaud the courage of Chávez, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others who are not afraid to speak out. If our leaders are pigheaded and hell-bent on having their erroneous way, we should stop them from pursuing their ill-conceived, self-destructive course. David Chen Hacienda Heights, California...
...took the classic work in an entirely surprising direction. Instead of playing a traditional cadenza, Gandelsman switched to a distinctly Chinese theme. Playing over a sustained drone from the cellos and pentatonic bird-calls from the violins, his solo was a stark contrast what would be expected. Gandelsman had bent a note here and there during the piece—his first cadenza had sounded slightly odd, though not oriental. These bent notes had the effect of building to this mid-concerto, multi-cultural moment, in which Mozart and the Zhou dynasty cross. The rest of the program was more...
...attacking Bush. Has a U.S. President ever been so vilified worldwide? Is the rest of the world wrong? I applaud the courage of Chávez, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others who are not afraid to speak out. If our leaders are pigheaded and hell-bent on having their own erroneous way, we should stop them from pursuing their ill-conceived, self-destructive course. David Chen Hacienda Heights, California...
...Your cover story on the possibility of war with Iran was right: there is indeed an out-of-control President hell-bent on forcing a war between Iran and the U.S. But that President is George W. Bush. He is the President who started an unprovoked war with Iraq under false pretenses-a war that has cost tens of thousands of U.S. and Iraqi lives and is sure to cost many more. The media were asleep at the switch during the run-up to that war and appear to be repeating the same mistake. Wake up, America...
...Papal Fallibility The extreme reaction of Muslims to an obscure 14th century quotation by Pope Benedict XVI serves only to demonstrate their fanatical bent [Sept. 25]. Had 25 ayatullahs been kidnapped and beheaded, the reaction would not have been greater. While Christianity has taken its rightful share of blame for the Crusades, the Inquisition and crimes against Jews, Islam seems to be exempt from criticism-with a death penalty waiting for those who dare criticize. Today a faith that foments violence, brutality and even the indiscriminate destruction of civilians, including its own adherents, all in the name of God, must...