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...unabashedly showcased the percussive capabilities and dissonant tones of the instrument, a plaintive melody, influenced by Bartók’s roots in folk music, resolved the chaos. Jerking out of this harmonic respite, Lang coaxed the coda from a steady trot of sharp staccatos into a thunderous gallop of arpeggiated exclamations. Lang transitioned flawlessly from the mad chaos of Bartók to the nuanced subtlety of the French impressionistic style with a few selections from Claude Debussy’s Preludes. It was these simple tone poems, not the virtuosic heavyweights that usually dominate any performer?...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Musical Genius Impresses | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...With that, he dug his heels in and charged his steed at full gallop toward the yellow flanks of a passing cab. Watching her master behaving thus, Clinton cried after...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Tilting at Windmills | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...mean men now had jobs in government embassies and prisons. He sought further refinement, a paring down to the essence in poetry that explicitly condemned U.S. government militarism. In The Bombs: "Here they go again/ The Yanks in their armored parade/ Chanting their ballads of joy/ As they gallop across the big world/ Praising America's God./ The gutters are clogged with the dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pinter of Our Discontent | 12/25/2008 | See Source »

...purpose: it must welcome and then reassure. It must show in plain language not one party's road to victory but what a McCain presidency would mean to all Americans. This is not the sort of convention the GOP does naturally. But in this difficult year, the Republicans must gallop, not walk, along a different path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cue the Ticket Splitters | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...Sunday brunch, when its uncluttered dining room is filled with a buttery light. Feast on crepes, soufflés, eggs benedict, cod-brandade omelette, corned-beef hash and all the rest. Naturally, the last thing you'll want to do afterward is climb into the saddle - let others gallop across the surrounding meadows while you sit back and watch contentedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eat Like a Horse Rider | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

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