Word: fingerings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...moving presidential finger swung to the left and pointed at May Craig of the Portland. Me.. Press Herald...
...Toccata," on paper, looks like a five-finger exercise. Schumann wrote it when he still hoped to be a virtuoso, and proudly claimed it was one of the most difficult pieces ever written for piano. Horowitz, of course, reduces the difficulties of a "semi-quaver" to nothing, and brings out the smooth melody. As for "Arabesque," I heard it for the first time, and wished it were recorded more often. My delight was only slightly lessened when I read the record jacket, which said the piece contained two imaginary characters--the bold Florestan and the tender Eusebius--who represented...
...whose finger, or how many hands will control the multinational nuclear force that the U.S. is now advocating for Europe, that too just needs working out. "It is a very difficult area because the weapons have to be fired in five minutes, and who is going to be delegated on behalf of Europe to make this judgment? If it isn't the President of the U.S., it will have to be the President of France or the Prime Minister of Britain or someone else. There is no answer which will provide reassurance under the most extreme conditions for everyone...
Though Weiland has regained Lamarche, he has probably lost defenseman Ron Thomson for at least the B.C. contest. The 5 ft. 10 in. senior jammed a finger blocking a Princeton shot in last Saturday's game...
...Smiling tenderly, the hero slips a ring on the finger of his bride (Dorian Gray), and the priest declares them man and wife. A jeweler in the wedding party steps forward with a diamond tiara. "Father,"' the groom says piously, "I have brought a little gift to the Virgin." The priest accepts it gratefully: "How good of you, my son." The jeweler walks briskly out of the church, clutching a fat check from the groom and confident that, even if it bounces, the priest will honorably render unto Caesar. But the instant he is out of sight, the "priest...