Word: brief
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After a first half that seemed to stretch on too long, it was perhaps wise to choose Shostakovich's brief, energetic First Synphony to round out the program. The piece's vocabulary was quite different than the Beethoven which had come before, with angular themes, surreptitious-sounding pizzicati, and highly percussive tutti throughout. This idiom seemed to bring out a better side of the orchestra, which took the difficult rhythms in stride, found the wit in some of Shostakovich's jazz-inflected themes, and produced an impressive tone in the louder passages. Maybe HRO felt some affinity with the piece...
...nursery schools, talked about putting the Internet in the classroom. Dole visited graveyards, and talked about estate taxes. When he dispatched top aide Scott Reed to Dallas last week to ask Ross Perot to quit the race and endorse him, Perot could sit back, savor the spotlight for one brief second, and call Dole's gambit "weird and inconsequential...
...After a brief stint in the state legislature, Newinski is using some innovative methods to run for Congress. His lawn signs, for instance, are decorated with opponent Bruce Vento's name and a red slash, with the caption 20 years is too much. For his part, Newinski says he will fight tax hikes, work to get more prisons built and institute inmate work programs where wages earned go toward restitution for victims...
...Latinos, whether they are citizens or not? Surprisingly, very little. Despite the outright fear and racism inherent in Proposition 187's rhetoric, Hispanics as a whole have been slow to react to it. This silence has allowed Proposition 187 to spawn continued support of its message in its brief and tumultuous life, most recently in the form of the affirmative action debate in both Texas and California, and in a more national sense, in terms of the passive acceptance of Proposition 187's ideals in the shape of California Governor Pete Wilson's failed presidential bid. It is not that...
...hope my brief description of Radcliffe proves to you that the college is not a "bloated bureaucracy clinging to its past," to use your words. While I am not in a position to dispute your financial figures concerning Radcliffe, I urge you to reconsider your appraisal of the college. The institution's remarkable endeavors deserve your recognition and respect. --Erin Bannister...