Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also an abusive womanizer. Eventually her rotting corpse was found in his apartment. Having fled the U.S. for Ireland, Einhorn was finally tried in absentia and found guilty of murder. (He's currently in France, where he is appealing extradition.) Out of this intricate, unsettling story has come a flat, ponderous miniseries. The pace is maddeningly sluggish, and Kevin Anderson generates too little of the charisma that the real Einhorn must have possessed...
...flat minor Scherzo, the piece used by that eerie little Russian girl to intimidate Richard Dreyfus in "The Competition," came off worse. Its main weakness was lack of dynamic range--or rather, lack of sensitive dynamic range, as one tended to be awed by Zimerman's ferocious key depth without forgetting the harsh sounds it sometimes produced. A stricter observance of tempi would also have been in order; this was Chopin, not Debussy. In any case the risks he took at high speeds were admirable, and his confident, blind leaps across three octaves are a reproach to showier pianists...
...reason why Rushdie's book feels incomplete is that although music is the focus of his novel, he does not infuse enough of this music into his language and text. Ormus' songs lie flat on the page, and Rushdie's descriptions of VTO's music often leave more questions than answers. Rushdie also fails to deliver completely on his promise to present a rock version of Orpheus and Eurydice. Though he invokes the myth to great effect at the beginning of the novel, the theme is ultimately neglected. Perhaps Rushdie stretched himself too much by venturing into the world...
...Kosovo campaign, has since redoubled its efforts to ensure that safety guidelines for pilots in Italy are made clear. ?The 2,000-feet rule has now been clearly communicated, maps of the region have been fully updated, and the heat is on to stop the practice of low-flying flat-hatting,? says Thompson. So far, the tough reminders have worked...
...fear of the inexperienced Crimson squad coming out of the break flat soon disappeared, as Harvard seemed to take command of the match in the third quarter...