Word: instrumentalization
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...Internet as a potentially inspiring instrument, a way to get everyone involved in the political process--but not with speech restrictions. I think the press could serve its function best as an analytical tool and shed light on the issues that fly by, to provide depth and context to the events occuring. But, as of now, Americans are not up for that kind of examination. In our anti-intellectual climate, thoroughness is not what gives ratings a boost, and so the press is forced into narrow-minded showmanship...
...concerto to be found in Sanders Theater. Instead, the orchestra gamely offered up a trancelike Wagner overture, a defiantly modernist Stravinsky ballet and--strangest of all--a bassoon concerto. While Wagner and Stravinsky are hardly obscure, it's not every day that you get to hear the bassoon--an instrument that ranks with the tuba and bass in ungainliness--dominate the stage...
Soloist Shoshana "Shasa" Dobrow '97 won HRO's Concerto Competition with the piece and it must be a godsend for a bassoonist--there's not much opportunity to shine with the instrument. Probably the best-known bassoon writing is Stravinsky's, such as the solo that begins "The Rite of Spring;" but Stravinsky produces a plaintive, wailing tone which is far from Weber's classical vocabulary...
Certainly, Dobrow handled the piece expertly and her tone improved as it went on--or, perhaps, the ear became accustomed to what the bassoon should sound like. But she was hampered by a fairly uninteresting piece and her technique was probably better appreciated by those more familiar with the instrument and its limitations. Again, however, the audience was wildly appreciative, as the fluorescent "SHASA" sign that dangled from the balcony proved...
...cost, NEAR is bristling with sensors. It carries not only a camera but also a laser-based radar system to map Eros' surface in detail, three different spectrometers to analyze the asteroid's chemical composition, and a magnetometer to gauge its magnetic field. The ship itself is an instrument of sorts. On its first approach, NEAR will deliberately overshoot Eros to see how much the asteroid's gravity slows it down and thus how massive Eros really...