Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...premiere, however, is only the beginning. As every contemporary composer with a once-performed piece moldering on the shelf knows, subsequent readings are hard to get. But new works need not be masterpieces to deserve further hearing; indeed, it is unreasonable to compare them immediately with their glorious predecessors. The inertia of the repertoire makes the path to acceptance an especially difficult one, requiring of both performers and listeners open minds and open ears. But it can be done. "I like the involvement with what is happening now, and with being a part of the sifting and winnowing-out process...
...opinion that if you cannot throw or hit a fastball on the day you are born, there is nobody who can teach you. "But just like with Koufax and all the great fastball pitchers, it's Gooden's curve ball that really leaves the hitters standing." After his two glorious years, Score lost the 1957 season to a line drive in the eye. His arm shortly withered. "Whatever it is that makes you have a little extra, I just didn't have that anymore. It can be taken away, you know...
Those of you coming back from spring break with glorious tans may have some cause for concern, according to a Harvard Medical School research team...
Reagan calls the Contras "freedom fighters" and has compared them to the Founding Fathers. He claims supporting their war against the Sandinista government is the only hope for democracy in Nicaragua. But the truth about the rebels is not so glorious...
...what really steamed some of the bluer-blooded Newport yachting crowd was when the winning skipper, John Bertrand, taunted during the races that the next Cup competition would be sailed out of the mostly working-class port of Fremantle in the sun- drenched Indian Ocean. "It's absolutely glorious," he told anybody who cared to listen. "It is probably the most perfect 12-meter sailing ground in the world...