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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist, immediately showed his fine command of dynamics in the opening melody, but his tone became a little strident, undermining the carefree quality of the movement in its recapitulation. He fortunately saved some of the stridence for the bold, personal statements of the second movement's Largo ma non troppo. In the cantabile section of the movement, violist Hsin'Yun Hwang offered solo playing of utmost sincerity with none of dryness that pervades chamber music today...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Dynamic Barromeo is Museum Treasure | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

...said. "I logged into fas nearly instantaneously. PINE loaded up right after I typed it on the command line. It's almost the way computers are supposed to work...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: tech TALK | 3/15/1995 | See Source »

Diefenbach said he was shocked last July when he saw the flag, which stands on the site where George Washington first took command of the Continental Army, in shreds just before Independence...

Author: By Rachel C. Telegen, | Title: Harvard Librarian Ensures Flag Preservation | 3/14/1995 | See Source »

...they're only going through the motions. In 1964, for example, even Barry Goldwater's fabulists knew they were fighting the good fight and little more. In years like this, the scent of triumph is palpable. Following their 1994 midterm sweep, the Republicans are salivating. They believe their prescriptions command wide appeal: smaller government, lower taxes and fewer, less costly social programs. They're confident as well that the President's attempts to retard their march will fail or be perceived as obstructionist and that his embrace of some G.O.P. nostrums will be dismissed by voters as desperate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...career was meteoric: two tours in Vietnam, second in his class at the Army's Command and General Staff College. But Powell's finest hours were in the Pentagon. Serving as military aide to a series of top civilian officials, he impressed each one with his loyalty, intelligence and political skill. Lawrence Korb, an Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration, calls Powell "as astute a politician as I've met." After serving as Ronald Reagan's National Security Adviser, Powell rejoined the Army in 1989. But within a year George Bush promoted him to become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CANDIDATE OF DREAMS | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

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