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...solo performances, the orchestral playing was stagnant. Bach's Suite No.4 in D lacked the pulse of the dances it represents--the Bouree, the Gavotte, and the Menuet. Baker's conducting looked energetic but the energy seemed misdirected--he failed to set a strong beat. The 99th Symphony sounded bland and imprecise, even though Baker's tempos were well-chosen. Perhaps in an effort to compensate, Baker overconducted the second movement (Adagio), and his vigorous beating clashed with the lyrical 3/4 meter...
...film has a double soundtrack. One track relates the "bland story of my life," Mouris said. "The other consists of a list of words, most of which start with the letter 'f,' which explain my life in more emotional terms...
...community of professional China watchers there. The most limited correspondents of all are the Japanese, who operate under rigid self-censorship. When the Japanese were re-admitted following the Cultural Revolution, the major Tokyo papers agreed that their reporters would not file "hostile" stories. The result has been uniformly bland coverage...
...months later, Garrison ran for reelection again and won by a landslide, beating a bland liberal named Harry Connick. The two New Orleans dailies had blasted Garrison almost daily on their editorial pages, and few major political groups had endorsed him. Garrison hardly campaigned at all; he spent almost all his money on three enormously effective 15-minute T.V. spots the night before the election. He was an awesome figure on T.V. He wore a black suit and sat in a black chair in a room with black walls, so that his face seemed to hover in mid-screen...
...those who use the limited, public air waves must be held accountable to the public interest. Without the rule, dissenting views would have no automatic access to TV. But if electronic journalists must pair every discovery of specific ills with assurances of general health, the result will be a bland journalism that serves no one's interest. "A fire is reported," says Reuven Frank, "but not the houses that didn't burn." Should network producers like Frank decide that they must use news time for programs, on unburnt houses, they will be apt to avoid tough subjects entirely...