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...Although his prodigious gifts made for some hair-raising pianissimo, his playing lacked the requisite Schnabelian drive. He strove for a nearly pedal-free sound at times when more blurring would have been a relief, and he attached the first movement cadenza with all the grace of an angry farmer. The effect was wild, precipitous, unique--but out of place. The second movement demonstrated Schiff's peerless trill technique, while the third hurdled toward a deft close as leprechaun like as the diminutive pianist himself...
...eyed journalist to note that Jay would ordinarily be making late-night mincemeat out of himself and others present like Geena Davis, Kathy Bates, Loni Anderson and Xena Warrior Princess. Hollywood often sets itself up for ridicule. (Remember Jessica Lange testifying on the farm crisis because she played a farmer's wife?) But isn't it better to use your fame for something other than getting a table at Spago Beverly Hills? Mavis has been criticized as misinformed by a tiny but noisy pro-Taliban lobby, whose frequent spokesperson is Laili Helms, the Afghan-born daughter-in-law of former...
...farmer, I share the concerns of those who face losing their farms to development. I certainly understand the temptation and the frequent financial need to take the money and run. This issue, however, has an important element not mentioned in your article. Too often it is the best land that is developed. For food and fiber production, all land was not created equal. If our production from land is going to be forced into more intensively farmed areas, it is in the interest of all to keep the best land in production and manage development with that in mind. DWIGHT...
...FLANKED BY] A teacher; a farmer; a 12-year-old girl who hopes to be President...
...firm represents real estate developer E. Ossie Smith, who was referred to in your story on the attempts by North Carolina farmer Phillip J. Barker to reclaim his family's farm [AMERICAN SCENE, Jan. 25]. You said Smith, who bought the farm at auction, had bulldozed the grave of a Barker family member. Smith had never been advised that there was a grave on the premises. In the process of clearing the land, workmen came upon a small gravesite hidden by brush and overgrowth. Upon finding the grave, Smith stopped work and began to clear and preserve the site...