Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nevertheless, there needs to be a closer interchange between the two disciplines. Politics needs intellectuals because intellectuals are affirmative and concerned people who can help the political process to become, in the popular terminology, "responsive." Intellectuals need politics both institutionally and because the process concentrates the intellectual mind on the business and challenge of living in society...
...Davis' first with the B.S.O. and the start of a projected set of the seven Sibelius symphonies. It is a stunning accomplishment. The careful balance between repose and tension, stateliness and Nordic surge, quiet and mountainous climaxes, makes these the best versions of both works. Philips records closer to the orchestra than Deutsche Grammophon, the B.S.O.'s regular label, and the music is better...
Iron's outside interests keep him somewhat separate from the rest of his class. He has calculated that he attends just over 70 per cent of his classes--average attendance at the Law School is closer to 95 per cent. "Grades? I don't want to get on the Law Review," he says. But he adds, wryly, "Of course, I may be frantic in January...
...narrowest ski--the racing ski--is closer to a pair of ice skates than to the downhill skis of your youth. A good deal of work for your ankles, these skis are recommended for people with Norwegian (preferably Swedish) last names who foresee skiing only on packed and grooved racing tracks...
...majors who overthrew him. Although the majors were ousted last month in a bewildering series of coups and countercoups (TIME, Nov. 17), Bangladesh's new military rulers, headed by Major General Zia-Ur Rahman, have apparently carried on their predecessors' policy of less dependence on India and closer ties with Pakistan and China...