Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gasping gratitude for your frank discussion on an outrageous instrument of sartorial masochism, the necktie [July 24]. I'm sure the Supreme Court would, if asked, declare the necktie cruel and unusual punishment...
...ruffian elements in our neighborhood, and then we had the college kids, intellectuals...'faggots'. I can't believe that whole spirit of erudition just passed through our existence. I'm sure it was a force on our lives--it can be measured some day when we have the right instrument...
Franz Liszt, so the story goes, was having grave problems. Early 19th century pianos-not much sturdier than the delicate harpsichord-were collapsing, with great snapping of strings, beneath his monumental assault. Why not, some Viennese friends suggested, try a new piano called the Bösendorfer? The instrument, first made in 1828 by an Austrian artisan named Ignaz Bösendorfer, stood up to Liszt's crashing octaves, and the composer delightedly gave it his official endorsement. This month the venerable piano company celebrated its 150th anniversary with a series of piano recitals and a gala concert...
...that makes moderately priced pianos and has 25% of the U.S. piano market -purchased Bösendorfer. "People were afraid that we would make the 'Kimballdorfer,' some plastic monstrosity," says Vice President Anthony Habig. "But now a lot of them admit that they can get a finer instrument than before...
...perpetrate this absolute lie" about the Cuban involvement. Gesturing with one of his long Cohiba cigars, Castro said: "We have never lied, either to our friends or to our enemies. We may keep some things private, and we may be discreet, but we have never used lies as an instrument of politics...