Word: contentions
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...this Vidal has at least been faithful to the content, style and tone of Burr's own writing. The kinship of author and subject goes beyond elegant barbs at the high and mighty. Vidal seems especially appreciative of Burr's almost classical stoic outlook, a view reflected in Vidal's own works. Yet the question remains, why read a kind of digest of the life of Aaron Burr when there are sympathetic biographies and Burr's own letters and diaries available? The answer: Most of us will not take the trouble. In the interests of Burrian...
Smith said he believed the American system of justice remains strong, especially following the recent restrictions by the judiciary on the executive branch. But he added that it was "outrageous to think that a party to an adversary proceeding (the president) could determine the scope and content of that proceeding...
...Eric Davin will work for schools which produce ethical children who believe in themselves--children who will make history rather than be content in merely reading history," his campaign literature promises. He will work for education which liberates rather than domesticates. For this to happen, "there must be a change in both method and content of Cambridge education," the literature warns. "changes in method alone--such as the 'open classroom'--are insufficient. 'Innovative' and 'individualized' racism is still racism...
Ironically, it is in this way that he may well be closer to the ideology of the independents. They claim the "openness" prescribed by the reformers is insignificant. Davin would probably agree. In essence, most of the reformers are content to apply superficial structural innovations throughout education and the political process. And it is in this sense they are not reformers at all, but parrots of the same old system trying to palm off the same old ideology merely by renaming the structure...
More remarkable for its content and execution was the brief bass recitative, sung by Charles Hefling. Hefling sings with a baritone's lightness and ease. He gave intelligent emphasis to the text; were his range a tenor's, he would make an admirable Evangelist for the Passion settings. Ronald Coons, singing the tenor recitative, fared badly in comparison where his vibrato obscured his diction. He was much better, joined by alto Paula Shepard, in the duet which was the climax of the piece...