Word: effective
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TCHAIKOVSKY: "SOUVENIR DE FLORENCE" (RCA Victor). Tchaikovsky added an extra cello to Mozart's quintet, but the effect in his rambunctious opening movement is more like 60 strings than six. With its robust peasant dances, twining lines of song and sudden hushes and crescendos, Tchaikovsky's tribute to Florence is theatrical and Slavic. The new Guarneri Quartet, joined by half the Budapest Quartet, manages an almost symphonic treatment of the composer's work...
...sure, appreciates more than does TIME the fact that life is what great individuals make it. The greatest are those, like Mr. Luce, who create something bigger than themselves as personalities-something that possesses, in effect, immortality. Usually it is an idea. In the case of Mr. Luce, it has been the infinite appreciation of, devotion to and development of the English language as the most powerful, most subtle, most beautiful, most versatile language in the world...
...Some legislators have called for a congressional probe of the Air Force Academy honor code [March 3]. It would be more appropriate to initiate a resolution supporting the code. This would have a salutary effect on cadet morale, putting them on notice that nothing less than unequivocal honesty and personal integrity can be accepted. And some of the resolution might rub off on the authors...
What Mao is attempting to do, in effect, is to replace the lingering ideal of harmony-using as much of it as he can for his own devices-with a modern, dynamic system of dialectic struggle. In trying to accomplish this, he must cope with every ancient phase of Chinese mentality, from its basic view of man to the minutest daily practices. The traditional Chinese view of the universe does not, as in the West, see a struggle between good and evil. The famous principles of Yin and Yang imply an alternate cosmic rhythm but not a struggle...
...assume, therefore, that the new Cabinet will be exclusively Gaullist and that it will be cooperative and stable. The results of the election should have a negligible effect on the President's handling of the most important issues since no group in the Assembly is strong enough to challenge his leadership...