Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Behind the flashy rebellion of avant-garde composers today there is a distinct note of despair. For while these men differ widely in their compositions and aesthetic views, they share a reluctant disbelief in the power of music to communicate anything from one person to another. Music cannot express; it can just stimulate interest...
...Diplomacy and defense are no longer distinct alternatives, one to be used where the other fails-both must complement each other...
...most energetic, produces the most honey. The Italian bee he found less vivacious and easily distracted. But Von Frisch was quick to warn against comparing the behavior of his honeybees with the human inhabitants of the same regions. "Look at the German bee," he said. "It shows distinct signs of sloppiness and lack of industriousness. I intentionally refrain from drawing parallels between the social habits of bees and the human race, except when I can prove that bees are more democratic. On the whole, drawing such conclusions should be left to the philosophers...
There are three fairly distinct types of characters and music in the work: the super-heroes, Calaf and Turandot, who sing extremely high, barbarically exciting melodies; the pathetic educators, Liu and Timur, who are alloted simple, quite moving themes reminiscent of earlier Puccini; the commentators, the chorus and Turandot's amusing Chancellor, Ping, Pang and Pong, whose music abruptly shifts from lyric to comic to barbaric. Calaf and Turandot are conceived as opposing extremes. Calaf, the epitome of virility, is adventurous, aggressive, passionate and egocentric. The princess, frigidity personified, is similarly egocentric, but she is fearful of change, defensive...
...those selected for the project will undergo three weeks of orientation at Teachers College, starting June 26. Three distinct groups will make up the teaching force, depending on educational background and teaching experience...