Word: eared
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Quaint and somehow childish, it sounds to the sophisticated modern ear, to say "I should have kyssed the." We read The Grapes of Wrath instead of Arthurian tales also because the 20th-century novel seems more logical, more intellectual, more "grown-up." The nakedness of Arthurian events seems too simple, the characters sound naive. But the characters and events of Arthur's court are in fact as psychologically complex and possible as those of any novel. If they are considered simplistic, bare chains of events (Lancelot loves Gwenyver but she's married to his lord, Arthur), its's because modern...
...Chambers made about Mr. Hiss in connection with that relationship--including some I disbelieved at the time of the American Scholar article--turned out to be quite valid. Let me give you an illustration: at that time I was very skeptical about Chambers saying Hiss was deaf in one ear, and cupped (his hand over) his ear. As it turned out, Hiss' defense files contained several letters from his lawyers saying that they had visited ear specialists Mr. Hiss had consulted and that they were not really useful because the ear specialists said Mr. Hiss had some hearing problems...
...President's style, though, contrasts sharply with that of his dour, ponderously rhetorical predecessor. Tall, barrel-chested and robustly athletic, López Portillo flashes ear-to-ear grins and laces his refreshingly brief speeches with humor. His inaugural address will probably be the longest oration of his life. He enjoys soccer or boxing as much as talk of public administration, economics or Mexican mythology. His writings include studies of both legal theory and Mexico's legendary god-king Quetzalcoatl...
THERE SUCH AN ear for counterpoint is really needed was in Paul Hindemith's Symphony for Band, written in 1951 when the composer was 56. This work in three movements was written at the request of the U.S. Army Band, and maybe little else need be said. Actually, the Symphony for Band by Hindemith has become somewhat of a staple of the wind band repertoire, but its rendition by the Concert Band Friday night was not as even and impressive as in parts it showed potential...
...Second World War. The Concert Band have a rather moving, swelling climax here, and the tolling of the drums came across well with contrasting dolefullness and sobriety amid the dance of the winds at the end. "Provence," the last part, contained the richest melodies, played cleanly with an ear for interesting counterpoint...