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...program's opening work, the world premiere of Elena Ruehr's "Shimmer." The title is hardly programmatic, since no word could better describe the texture of the piece (unless the reviewer has unconsciously fallen victim to suggestion). Though the structure of Ruehr's work was difficult to discern, its series of crests and ebbs made use of time-honored techniques of string orchestration. For instance, convincingly brass-like timbres often poured forth from the violas. Apart from an exaggerated consciousness of the piece's beats, especially in the several fugal sections, one could fairly say that Metamorphosen...
Most of the people at CfA advise against tryingto discern which branch, Harvard or Smithsonian,is responsible for which projects...
...cool deliberation by elected representatives, buffered from the often shifting winds of opinion -- inside-the-Beltway deliberation. Madison insisted in the Federalist Papers on the need to "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations...
...defense team from asking whether Fuhrman ever used the racial epithet "nigger." Deputy District Attorney Chris Darden, referring to "the n-word," said the use of the word in the trial would "blind the jury. It'll blind the truth. They won't be able to discern what's true and what's not." This elicited an angry response from defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, who characterized Darden's comments as "perhaps the most incredible remarks I've ever heard in a court of law in 32 years of practicing law . . . To say that our mostly African American jurors...
Observes described the rhinos as "funky," "awesome" and "pretty wild." But some were puzzled about one of the rhinos, whose costume was hard to discern...