Word: depths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...controversy over the Reagan plan emphasized not only the range of policy differences between Washington and Jerusalem over how to secure a lasting peace, but also the depth of the soul searching that is taking place within Israel. The war against the P.L.O. had deeply disturbed many Israelis, who regarded it as the first war that their country had not been obliged to fight, and a war that had caused heavy civilian casualties in Lebanon. Israelis were also worried about the cost of the war in terms of their nation's prestige abroad. Night after night, throughout much...
...Symphony. Adams' music represents less of a conscious break with the past than either Reich's or Glass's; instead of reducing his music to the bare bones, Adams draws inspiration from composers like Beethoven, Mahler, Sibelius and Stravinsky. His works have a lushness and emotional depth largely absent in the ascetic though fundamentally cheerful sounds of Reich or the giddy, explosive rhythms of Glass. The least "minimal" of the three, Adams has forged a big, strong, personal style, expressed in complex forms that employ a more extensive use of dissonance than other minimalists...
...Ullmann is Mrs. Alving, who must watch her dead past revive, her dreams destroyed and her only son slip into syphilitic madness, all in a day. As Ullmann has proved under the direction of Ingmar Bergman, she is an actress of depth and stature. This time, however, she seems mostly at sea, or up the fjord. Director John Neville (who also chews through the role of Pastor Manders) has staged Ibsen as if the playwright were the resident bard of the Vincent Crummies Acting Company from Nicholas Nickleby: all pregnant pauses, awkward gestures, broad hints and unexpected laughs. Neville...
...fairly steady, though irregular, drop in the inflation rate from its frightening peaks of 1979-80. During the 1970s, surges of inflation eventually undermined every economic upswing and led to new slumps, which brought about only temporary slowdowns in price rises. But many economists believe that the length and depth of the present recession have wrung inflation out of the economy more thoroughly than the preceding busts...
...pipeline, discovered that only half the people had even heard of the project. The Washington Post-ABC poll finds that only four of ten Americans followed the news from Lebanon closely. To news junkies who try to keep up on events (perhaps a declining breed), TV speaks in some depth and detail only in the off-hours...