Word: finest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chicago Symphony. Winner and still champion, Solti's virtuosic ensemble has been the finest in the U.S. for more than a decade, and was often close to the top under earlier music directors like Fritz Reiner (1953-62). The orchestra's strengths are its burnished brass and taut, lean, precise string section, which give its performances a crispness and vitality that are the despair of its rivals. "I have never had a better-spirited orchestra than this one," says Solti, 70. "If they have a conductor they respect, they will go through hell for him." The Chicago spirit...
...unproduced others--the pronouncement helps solidify the murky image we outsiders have of the land of tinsel. Goldman's new book, the autobiography/gossip/self-help Adventures in the Screen Trade comes at a strange point in his career. Although he's had a hand in some of the silver screen's finest fun-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Hot Rock, Marathon Man, for instance-his last critical and commercial hit. All the President's Men appeared seven years ago. Thus much of this insider's view sounds like crybaby bitching from someone who feels like last year's model...
...wasn't until last year, though, that the Religion major was able to get into shape and add endurance to his blazing speed. As the indoor season progressed, he just got better and better, and when spring, arrived. Jones had developed into one of the finest quartermilers in the East. He got his first individual Crimson record with a time...
...overly reasonable approach to subject where intellectualizing is completely inappropriate. Only rarely does Rockwell take the bull by the horns and confront the reader with a controversial statement. One case in which Rockwell does reach for eloquence is in his essay or. Latin musician Eddie Palmieri, one of his finest chapters. He writes...
...same time, many of those people also feel Finn might just be the finest of the group. Although the headlines and the glory have often gone to others, Finn's performance continues to speak for itself. Last year, the Malvern, Penn., native captured the Ivy League scoring championship, a little she's running away with this year. As a result, she already holds several Harvard lacrosse records and seems certain to break a few more before it's all over...