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...wasn't so long ago, December 8, 1997 to be exact, that the Boston Red Sox traded for Jerry Remy. It seems like it was longer...
Given the B.S.O.'s French-Russian schooling-taught principally by Monteux, Koussevitzky and Charles Munch-it is not surprising that its virtues are brilliance and color, enhanced by characteristic American precision. Ozawa, music director since 1973, describes the sound as "very exact, very clean. It uses subtlety rather than power. It is very colorful." The B.S.O. plays great romantic symphonies and the orchestral showpieces of Strauss, Hoist and Respighi very well, especially in the flattering confines of Symphony Hall. Musicians agree that the acoustical warmth of the auditorium contributes to the orchestra's quality. "It gives a rich...
Against that, there is the dry and exact pleasure with which Kitaj's paint covers the surface; its luminosity, even its neatness. He is no expressionist-in fact, no one could be further from the mediocre, revivalist splurging that passes for neoexpressionism in Germany and New York these days. Kitaj is very aware of himself, but that awareness (or wariness) presses him toward a detached kind of discourse, a way of painting grounded in tradition. "There are some people who don't like museums because they think of them as tombs, or something negative," he remarked...
...mechanism guarantees that any group which wishes to band together may elect people exact to their proportion...
...never forget the season that sent Washington into a tizzy. It was the 1972 season, and the Redskins did no wrong. I don't remember their exact record, but I do remember that they won a lot, and that pre-game shows, post-game shows, and post-post-game wrap-ups were the most widely watched and listened-to events in Washington. Our family--which has owned season tickets for more than twenty years--chose to attend all of the games rather than attending them only sporadically, or give the tickets away to people who almost never have the opportunity...