Word: erraticism
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The erratic, often jarring orchestral performance, under Frederick Q. Freyer's direction, communicates Weill's epic music with clarity and vigor. Freyer's lyrical arrangement faithfully retains the social gest of the original. Occasionally, he loses control of his players' enthusiasm, and the music overwhelms the singers. Yet the vitality...
Spanning nearly two decades, Sextet, compiled from diary entries, letters and reminiscences, focuses on Truman Capote, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elizabeth Bowen, Alice B. Toklas, the Sitwells, and T.S. Eliot. The most comprehensive study, The Picture of Little T.C. in a Prospect, begins with the first meeting between Capote and Brinnin...
Frustrated career executives are leaving federal jobs in droves for better pay in the private sector. The retirement rate among senior supervisors between 55 and 59 alone was an astonishing 95% for the year ending last August, compared with a 15.5% rate in March 1978. C. Roy McKinnon, 51, was...
Meeting him in a public park, Alejandra chooses Martín as a companion for reasons that he never quite fathoms. She is erratic, tempestuous, given to long, unexplained absences and indifferent to Martín's growing passion and love. She takes him to the crumbling family home...
Ice-cream tasting is a notoriously erratic business. Not only subjectivity but sheer numbness is a problem. "Your taste buds get so cold they barely function on about the eighth lick," I.A.I.C.M. Spokesman Witte explains. "Your nose still works O.K., but ice cream doesn't smell much."