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...Brahms, the entire horn section produced less power than any single counterpart of the legendary Chicago Symphony Orchestra of the 1970s. This absence of inspiration was particularly disappointing in the finale, but by this time Tate had ceased trying to goad the BSO to action. Whether from frustration or disinterest, his take on the Brahms offered few surprises in phrasing and even fewer variations in dynamics and tempi. Only the mellifluous soli of the winds merited much remembrance...
...cardboard; the tale had drive but no depth, a tour at warp speed through an antiseptic landscape. I admired George Lucas' attention to detail, his Tolkien-like industry in creating a host of alien life-forms, but I remained unmoved. Peering at Star Wars through the telescope of my disinterest, I made this fearless box-office prediction: "The movie's 'legs' will prove as vulnerable...
There is another component to our disinterest. Many people who choose to come to Harvard do so not out of a passion for the school or an intense desire to be in Cambridge, but because of the usefulness of Harvard's name emblazoned on their resume. Harvard is among the ultimate door-openers, and many of our fellow Harvardians are using Harvard for just that reason. Their excitement about the school itself, consequently, hovers around nonexistent...
...only good news is that some of this disinterest may be temporary. "The model of a good news consumer is a person with a home, a family and a stake in the community," says Woodhull, which means that today's young Americans may tune in to regular news 10 years down the road. But, she cautions, news outlets "have to lay the groundwork now." Yet, with the exception of a few efforts like the Boston Globe's solid but irritatingly titled Gen X column, "Whatever," newspapers have been slow to reach out to young readers. Television executives, on the other...
...newly-elected Dunster House representative said that a general atmosphere of disinterest could have contributed to the low turnout...