Word: error
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Scorsese, in his emphasis on the music, compensates for this error in judgment. Most of the film lets the musicians do what they do best. Several outstanding performances--simply photographed and reproduced with beautiful sound quality-make it memorable. Among the better songs are Dylan's "Baby Let Me Follow You Down," Ronnie Hawkins' "Who Do You Love," and an electrifying rendition of Van Morrison's "Caravan." The Band is onstage the whole time, backing up each performer, and in the better numbers the group seems inordinately happy, particularly Robertson and Helm...
...match tough but I wasn't," Lundy said after returning this weekend. "There were a lot of points where I'd get the shot I wanted and then make an error...
...editorial entitled "Sun Day Sermon" (Crimson, May 1), Dr. David Jhirad, Acting Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), was misquoted as having said that solar energy could provide for the entire energy needs of the United States before the end of the century. The error was mine. In fact, on the basis of a comprehensive two-year study performed by Dr. Jhirad and his colleagues, Dr. Jhirad concludes that aggressive implementation of the solar option (encouraged by federal purchasing programs and tax incentives), combined with efficient fossil-fuel use, could result in solar energy providing one-quarter...
...rider. The shorter course (1/16 of a mile less than the Derby and 5/16 of a mile less than the Belmont Stakes) demands the hot speed that is the first hallmark of the breed. A topflight field hurtling around Pimlico's tight turns leaves no margin for error by a jockey: fail to find position by a few feet, miscalculate the pace by a tick of the clock, and the winner streaks to the wire before ground can be made...
...from the whole of mankind that this man be spared. With his death, barbarity seems to want to kill not a man, but thinking and intelligence and liberty. Yet while this death appalls and disturbs, it will never succeed in defeating us. In that way, a tragic error has been committed by these wretched heirs of the most barbarous assassins that mankind has known. " -Giovanni Leone, President of Italy, on television last week...