Word: impetuousity
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Abroad, the most common charge against the U.S. is that it is impetuous, trigger-happy, and always looking for quick, easy solutions. President Johnson's recent peace offensive, sending a squad of envoys zinging around the world, was widely considered too high-pressure. On the other hand, many are...
Those who cut their roots in Europe, and those in America who pulled up stakes to push West, were not merely restless and dissatisfied. In a new kind of environment, for which nothing had prepared them, they staked their lives on a future that might bear fruit only for their...
The same appetizing flavors may be found in Mr. Sloane, which comes to Broadway from London's West End. A tall blond young murderer takes lodgings with a middle-aged nymphomaniacal landlady. With lubricous zeal, she and her homosexual brother compete for the lodger's favors. When this...
Schlesinger, writing furiously to complete his book, was impervious to all the criticism. "I couldn't care less," he said. "I do not comment on impetuous reaction."
But what came out was a freshet of lush sound that exploited the limits of the instrument's capabilities. At 38, Mstislav Rostropovich is ranked by many critics as the foremost heir to the mantle of Pablo Casals, now 88. More impetuous than the visionary Casals, Rostropovich's...