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...ivory, ebony, mother of pearl and tortoiseshell, and most have intricately carved rosettas in their centers. It was fascinating to see one made by Stradivarius; the famous violin-maker also had a wonderful sense for the guitar. The second gallery has novelties like a Dali-esque double guitar and harp guitars, but most of the instruments are less interesting to look at. The commentaries and the main angle of the room focus on the history of the instrument and the way in which it entered American mainstream music. The third gallery, a paean to the electric guitar, is dark except...

Author: By Cecile Zwiebach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar at the MFA | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...Gore people must harp on the idea - as Bill Daley has already attempted to do - that the court's decision is about justice and small-"d" democracy, and not about a court with an ideological axe to grind. They must also attempt to persuade the public that manual recounts clarify rather than muddy the vote, and that they are the tried-and-true method of protecting voter intent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, How Does 'President Gore' Sound? | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...Oval Room and the adjoining room on the second floor may have spawned the most intimate and exotic stories. Adams gave that first public reception in that Oval Room, and it became Andrew Jackson's family parlor. First Lady Abigail Fillmore moved in her piano and her daughter's harp. When Congress anted up $2,000 for books, she established the first White House Library...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: This Old House | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...also harp on how you are a uniter, not a divider. You seek to "set aside the partisan differences" and to "work together." Of course, your leadership skills and warm smile will cause Republicans and Democrats to hold hands and forget about partisan differences. You will single-handedly unite the Congress because that is what you did in Texas and Texas is a big state...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: Some Advice For the Man From Texas | 10/24/2000 | See Source »

...winner, and Kid A ends with a vivid human vignette. "Motion Picture Soundtrack," whose lyrics, "Red wine and sleeping pills/Help me get back to your arms/Cheap sex and sad films/Help me get back where I belong," set against an unlikely progression of plagal cadences on organ and starry harp glissandos, ends with the line, "I will see you in the next life...

Author: By Thalia S. Field, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Future Shock: 'Kid A' | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

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