Word: bernstein
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...assessment? An everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach certainly has appeal from the cost side. But there are pitfalls that may turn out to be penny wise, pound foolish for some people. Those stereo speakers, for instance. While I am no Leonard Bernstein, I believe I have a fairly discerning ear. And that ear could hardly tell the difference between the Altec-Lansings and the no-brand speaker that comes on most laptops. I'm not sure, really, who'd use them; the sound on my demo model was too low-fidelity (and the volume just too low, even cranked...
...concert, at Symphony Hall, opened with Beethoven's Egmont Overture. It was obvious from the get-go that this was not the Beethoven of Bernstein's New York Philharmonic or Solti's Chicago Symphony. The first powerful f minor chord, an expression of force that often drowns the listener with its weight, had a subdued, chamber-like quality not normally associated with the work. The timbre of the period woodwinds, as heard in their ensuing dialogue, differed slightly from the sound of a modern performance. This distinction in tone colors became more noticeable in the well-executed solo horn sections...
...Amnesty International Kosovo page at http://www.amnestyusa.org/crisis.html. Write letters to the president and to your congressional representatives. If enough of us take action, our lobbying may push the powers-that-be to take action to bring an end to the tragedy of the Kosovo Albanians. ALYSSA BERNSTEIN ASTI PILIKA...
...Bernstein is a resident tutor in Dunster House...
...most of the past 40 years. With inflation running at 1.7%, today's reading is 23, and when calculated using reported rather than expected earnings, it jumps to 29--well above the 26 reached on that basis just before the 1987 crash, notes analyst Richard Bernstein at Merrill Lynch...