Word: brass
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...rest of the world could muster and still succeeded in stockpiling their weapons. And while Western diplomacy has brought somewhat better behavior--increased contact with Iran, easing of tensions on the Korean peninsula--it has not diminished each country's fervent search for weapons of mass destruction. Pentagon brass still wince at the memory of Bill Clinton's 1998 speech warning that the world must come up with "a genuine solution" to the Saddam problem and "not simply one that glosses over" it. Bush may not be glossing over the problem, but a genuine solution will require more than tough...
Inside, Theatricals President Greg C. Padgett ’02 and Vice President Krishnan Unnikrishnan ’02 proceeded to roast a nervous Parker on the Pudding stage in front of a packed house. Before they would present her with the brass “pudding pot” award, Padgett and Unnikrishnan challenged Parker to a dance-off to the title songs of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Footloose,” two of Parker’s early movies...
With her hands finally holding the brass pot, Parker was finally able to relax and enjoy her award...
Contrary to popular opinion, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy did not result from the scheming of discriminatory military brass, and certainly did not intend to stymie Harvard cadets from seeking an education. Yet, ROTC is counter-intuitively banned from campus and directly associated with the policy’s creation and implementation. Does the ban make any sense? Civilian government, the very people we vote for, shoulders the responsibility for the policy, but groups and events associated with our government here on campus don’t seem...
...There are hints of solo passages—a flute here followed by an English horn there. The slow-moving second movement, Adagio tenebroso, involves an obsession with certain intervals, especially the perfect fifth. Huge differences in register (for example, the pairing of piccolo with double bass and low brass) provide for a sense of gravity and struggle. The final movement, Allegro scorrevole (“flowing easily,” one of Carter’s favorite indications), is a lively and brilliantly orchestrated finale. The work ends with a lone, high A-flat in the piccolo, a shrill...