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Photo Courtesy BCSM one of the few displays of ecstatic ensemblewithin the context of the Bartok. The thirdmovement, marked "Allegro" and abounding withvehement and syncopated rhythms, concealed for themost part Chase's difficulties; while hertechnique was not impeccable, it certainly farsurpassed her vibrato. In this section, though theperformers were always "with" each other, one didnot receive the impression of collaboration whichhad appeared briefly in the second movement andwhich graces the best chamber music performances.On the whole, Chase's rendition of the Sonata wascompetent but uninspired; she did not seem toderive any personal significance from the work orendow it with...
Reeves illuminates such policy crunches, the almost nonstop crises of Kennedy's truncated term, with masterly research and graceful writing. He largely succeeds in recapturing Kennedy's perspective, putting the world into the context of "what he knew and when he knew it and what he actually did" as President...
...there anything unusual about her spirit-of-the-age defense, wherein she insists that her deeds should be seen in the context of a time when many others -- she cites, for example, Daniel Ellsberg, leaker of the Pentagon papers -- were breaking the law. There is a certain moral gap between unauthorized leaking and armed robbery that this defense does not bridge...
...marvelous breakfast, the four of us did. We talked about NAFTA in the context of just this issue I've been talking about. I said, you know, the thing that bothers me about this is that we are caught in a time of real change and it is very hard on some people and a lot of people aren't secure in their jobs. But we've always been able to figure out how to take these challenges and face them, embrace them and come out at the other end of the process ahead. And now a lot of people...
...their complete disregard for proper protocol, Beavis and Butt-head insult everything sacred in the modern democratic regime. In this context, Kurt Andersen of Time provides genuine insight by terming "Beavis and Butt-head" as perhaps "the bravest show ever run on national television." And MTV's creative director, Judy McGrath, aptly identifies the genesis of this courage: the members of the MTV generation are "sick to death of being politically correct...