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Forty years later, one cannot be forgiven. What exactly do Pell, Dukakis and the Democrats have in mind? Perhaps they think of the U.N. as some independent world actor. Jeane Kirkpatrick, who spent some time there, had a crisper view. She called it a "Turkish bath" where the Third World can let off steam, denounce the West, air resentments and demand transfers of wealth. Its principal achievement is to generate a billion pages of paper every year. This U.N. is not even able to field peacekeeping forces in precisely the areas, like the Sinai, where they are most needed. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: If Necessary, a Superpower Acts Alone | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...Carnegie Hall has passed into legend. In its place is a brighter, more brilliant performance space whose sound has a sharper, harder edge. Woodwinds and brass now glitter where once they gleamed. At the same time, cellos and double basses purr where once they roared. Carnegie Hall now sounds crisper, although it still retains much of its fabled warmth. In its new incarnation, it is closer to Boston's lush but clear Symphony Hall than to its former voluptuous self...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sounds in The Night | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

Overall, the Crimson was extremely pleased with its performance. "The team is starting to click together," Kaiser said. "Passes are crisper and plays are clearer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquadudes Almost Invincible at Blodgett | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...opera, or his 1983 Macbeth. This unsmiling view of what were once popular entertainments, steeped in a popular idiom, is at odds with the spirit of the composer he professes to serve. And in recasting the sound of the orchestra in line with today's international ideal -- brighter, crisper, sharper -- he has rendered it almost interchangeable with other crack ensembles, such as the Chicago Symphony and the London Symphony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Transformation in Philadelphia | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...Quincy House's Mark Minor couldn't have been crisper in leading his team's defense to a convincing shutout of Leverett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams Wins Inaugural Game | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

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