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...SEEM petty to harp on how Reagan looks in a verbatim transcript. Most people's everyday speech would look atrocious transcribed word for word. But the content made no more sense than the phrasing; Reagan, was being asked to explain his views on specific issues and he should be able to communicate ideas, if not a fact or two as well...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Lost in the Fog | 4/6/1984 | See Source »

...Senator's quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination has led him to harp constantly on America's bitter memory of its involvement in Southeast Asia. He sees Central America, and particularly El Salvador, as a quagmire that will once again suck in American blood and money endlessly and without course...

Author: By Per H. Jebsen, | Title: Too Many Vietnams | 4/5/1984 | See Source »

...their window on the promised land. What makes their prosaic vision doubly absurd is the peaceful beauty of their own surroundings: the vivid, innocent colors of the Indians' clothing and buildings; the quivering flowers and butterflies which bespeak a continual breeze; the soothing strum of a villager's harp; and the background warbling of exotic birds...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Tunnel to Freedom? | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

...professional musicians. Through 17 rehearsals he painstakingly explores every bar without the use of a score, allowing no detail to escape his attention. "How many bars in the new tempo do you have?" he demands of an errant celesta player. "I was taking my cue from the harp," she explains. Says Celibidache: "The harp was perfect. You came in too soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Celibidache's Rumanian Rhapsody | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...apologists for Israel's every move continue to harp on these worn-out rationalizations. Every loosening of the hard-line stance, in domestic or foreign relations, is seen as a threat to the country's very existence. Two analogies seem applicable...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: No More Excuses | 2/10/1984 | See Source »

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