Word: crescendo
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...calculated crescendo of peace rallies took off during a week in which the Soviet Union chose to brandish the stick instead of the carrot at the Western allies. In an interview with the West German magazine Stern, Colonel General Nikolai Chervov, a member of the Soviet general staff, publicly acknowledged what Western intelligence sources had long known: Soviet forces in Eastern Europe already are armed with short-range nuclear weapons capable of striking up to 70 miles. On the diplomatic front, after a visit by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to East Berlin, the Soviets and the East Germans warned...
...sporadic." After watching the past year's crescendo of public concern, Ruth Love superintendent of Chicago's rallying system, says, "Whenever we get in trouble as a nation, we always turn to education, and those of us in education must seize this op- portunity"it won't be here always." California's Honig agrees that educators must make the most of this golden moment. But he notes, "There is no one secret answer to turn our schools around. It takes the commitment of thousands and thousands of people, people who are committed to kids and education...
...hand lyrics that range between 1920s ricky-tick and 1960s raga. A Day in the Life is by all odds the most disturbingly beautiful song the group has ever produced. At the end, the refrain, "I'd love to turn you on," leads to a hair-raising chromatic crescendo by a full orchestra and a final blurred chord that is sustained for 40 seconds, like a trance of escape, or perhaps resignation...
Sorrentino's ability to write fiction as if it were music permits all these disjointed adventures to fit together. Not only does he weave melodies together by continuously introducing new themes and variations and literally orchestrating an amazing crescendo for the book's finale, but he also fashions the words like musical phrases which makes them easier to understand. A mild example might be the exchange between Blue and congressman Hal Gulbit, recently accused of sexual impropriety with sheep...
...chain-letter series of relationships with each character dealing with two different lovers. And although each dialogue only lasts 11 1/2 minutes, each actor manages to create a believable character with his own foibles, facial expressions, and sexual mannerisms. During each interval, the couples reach some sort of crescendo, which Rauch treats delicately without overdosing the audience with passionate, explicit...