Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...familiar concerto in sonata form, with balanced themes and brilliant solos, seems to be dead, but composers still wirte concertos in the original sense of the word: simple two tonial forces opposed to each other. Some recent releases showing the directions the concerto has taken in this century...
...battles raged in the West, most eyes focused on the 100 miles of Virginia that separated the two warring capitals, Washington and Richmond. The commander of the main Union force in Virginia was always considered Lincoln's top brass hat. For most of the war, the President, a brilliant, if amateur, strategist, would have done better to take the field himself...
...five starters scored in double figures, played with poise, aggressiveness and precision rarely seen outside the pros. There was Alcindor, pounding Houston shots right back at the shooters, sinking soft hooks, seizing 18 rebounds and clearing the lane for the driving lay-ups of Lucius Allen; Mike Warren, brilliant with his passing and playmaking; Lynn Shackelford, killing the Cougars with his left-handed jump shots from the corner; and Mike Lynn, matching Allen and Alcindor with 19 points...
This type of display prompted Shepherd to say, "Del Rossi was a brilliant sort of pitcher. You won't find any college pitcher who knew how to put into application the tools of pitching better than Del Rossi. He was not just a thrower out on the mound. He was an artist...
...member Sierra Club. The group began with an interest mostly in mountaineering and California, but grew as it became more and more vocal in battles over remaining hunks of wilderness. Stubbornness and publicity now have given it the de facto leadership of the conservation movement. Full of brilliant pictures by photographers like Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter--plus redolent quotes from Thoreau or Robinson Jeffers--its "Exhibit Format" books and paperbacks are selling quickly. Brower has edited most of them. The Coop can't keep Sierra Club posters in stock. The Club counts a growing number of allies in Congress...