Word: fleetingness
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In Japan the epic slide of the Tokyo stock market began with fear of rising interest rates at home, and has been accelerated by rocketing oil prices abroad. Tokyo's Nikkei index has fallen from its peak of 38,915 last December to a closing price of 22,828 last...
Schuller calls Epitaph "a musical summary of one of the great jazz composers of the century, from the sweet and gentle Mingus to the angry Mingus." In style, Epitaph is characteristic of his orchestral compositions: echoes of gospel songs and his acknowledged master, Duke Ellington; abrupt rhythmic shifts; fleeting lyrical...
BERLIOZ: LES NUITS D'ETE; MAHLER: SONGS (Bridge). The great mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani's last recording renders almost palpable the feelings of yearning and fleeting gaiety, along with the elegiac beauty, that make these songs, and her art, imperishable.
Since 1968 scientists have been monitoring huge detectors for signs of these fleeting visitors from the sun. But so far, the results have been both disappointing and intriguing: the experiments have detected far fewer neutrinos than solar models predicted. Scientists were especially baffled by a recent report from a Soviet...
Area performers praised the guide, saying it will help alleviate the anonymity that prevents them from establishing a regular following among the often fleeting audiences in the Square.