Word: drawning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world premiere of Star-Child, a 33-minute parable for soprano, solo trombone, boy choristers and large-very large-orchestra by American Composer George Crumb. Gimmickry aside, Star-Child turned out to be a work of immense power, daring and, at times, even horror. A requiem of sorts drawn primarily from two anonymous medieval texts, Dies Irae and Massacre of the Innocents, Star-Child is imbued with the same Blake-like contrast of innocence and evil that characterizes much of Crumb's other work, notably Ancient Voices of Children and Black Angels...
...magnificent image of the will to power running mad. But it is only one of a hundred such images distinguishing this singular and haunting film. Director Werner Herzog, 35, is German. and it is clear that he was drawn to this story, which derives from a historical incident, because he sees in it a parable applicable to his country's recent past...
Those NBA playoff series promise to be long, drawn-out affairs. The Trail Blazers and the 76ers should win their series in 192 minutes, each...The Bruins-Canadians series is being blessed with winter-like weather in the Boston area. Some Bostonians report that temperatures plummeted this week to near freezing and that some snow fell...
Seven Bypasses. Mamiya is modest about his achievements, but others are vocal. One articulate testimonial to the surgeon's skill is Buck Buchwach, the Honolulu Advertiser's executive editor, whose case has drawn much attention to the advanced state of surgery in Hawaii. "Bucky" had had two heart attacks, the first at age 37, and a two-bypass graft at a famous U.S. mainland center. Results were unsatisfactory. Barely surviving a third attack a year ago, he was referred to Mamiya, who put in seven bypasses. At 56, Buchwach now works with "front page" drive and even feels...
...until Congress finishes with the package. But already executives and investors are sizing up which industries and companies will be most helped or hurt. The potential losers-some oil producers, automakers and utilities among them-are openly annoyed. The prospective winners, a diverse group including some industries that have drawn little investment attention, are loath to crow about benefiting from a plan that the President presented in terms of stern sacrifice; privately, they are delighted...