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Wrong notes intrude; unlike almost all modern artists, he neither practiced be fore the sessions ("Practicing is tedious anathema to me") nor redubbed passages to smooth out errors. In a final heresy, he embraces sentimentality, the witch word of the 20th century. "The more gushing, the better," he proclaims...
...island, and she even gets used to his little quirks - like not getting rid of his mistress after the marriage. Later, following the death of his son, Theo is seen suddenly to age. Liz shows a steely side; she is frightfully patient as he turns into Zorba right be fore her eyes...
...World War II Fletcher-class destroyer. One deck below the bridge on this modern ship, inside the dimly lit combat information center, highly trained specialists bend over computer consoles that monitor the sonar and radar and control the guns, torpedoes and antisubmarine weapons. The 5-in. cannons fore and aft are fired by two men sitting at a console rather than by eleven World War II sailors scrambling with cradles...
...goes. Ordinary, likable people persistently misunderstand themselves, their needs and desires, and there fore misunderstand their equally befuddled neighbors. In the hands of someone other than Tacchella, all of this might be the stuff of tragedy, or at least of psychoanalytic melodrama. But Tacchella seems to be convinced that eccentricity is the best measure of our humanity, some thing to be treasured and explored rather than deplored. His way is simply to record in quick sketches each little absurdity his camera catches, give a rueful Gallic shrug and move briskly on. If such a thing is possible, he is profoundly...
Vermont's offense for period one had been totally stalled, as the Crimson completely outskated the Catamounts and further demoralized the usually slick-passing squad with tenacious fore-checking...