Word: explained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fought against Franco in Spain, but with the wrong mob-the semi-anarchist POUM instead of the Stalinist-sponsored International Brigade. Back in London, he had found himself nudged into near oblivion by the fellow-traveling leftist press. Such experiences toughened his mind and help to explain his standing with today's young left. He was untainted either by success or by the envy and rancor that marks the "liberal" who is merely a power worshiper out of power...
...generate heat as well as light. Say Rip Smith, '72: "I thought it would give us a black, subjective viewpoint. Adding more subjectivity to the work would improve it....The subjective concept would give whites more insight into why blacks act as they do today. Perhaps it could explain why Negroes are seeking a greater voice in determining their own identity...
...When he takes to the podium, he brings along insight, evangelism, an insider's care, and the ability to get what he wants from an orchestra. This is why he has become one of the most sought-after guest conductors in Europe and the U.S. It helps explain why, in the space of only a few years, his recordings of Schoenberg, Berg, Debussy and Stravinsky have been such successes. Says the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Zubin Mehta: "When he does Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, it's so clear and expert, it's like...
...situation dissolves when brother and sister are reconciled in a scene that conveys forcefully the author's tragicomic sense of life. Even Dr. Braun, the scientist, is "bitterly moved" by the "crude circus of feeling"-but not so moved that it prevents him from trying to explain human emotions in molecular and cosmic metaphors...
...understandable, maybe even intended, that Wallace's performance looked unprofessional, but the miscalculation of Nixon's election eve special are harder to explain. Perhaps his staff was complacent, perhaps pig-headedly conservative. In either case they chose to offer no more during prime time than a two-hour telephone version of his tedious citizens' panel shows...