Word: instruments
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...somewhat antagonized by John Bolton's answers to some of the questions readers asked [Nov. 26]. In particular, I was alarmed by his lack of support for diplomacy in delicate situations like dealing with Iran. He also revealed arrogance and pomposity when referring to the U.N. as "a useful instrument of American foreign policy." Bolton must be blind and deaf if he thinks that anti-Americanism isn't sweeping the world. If he wants to see real change in the way America is viewed and practical solutions to global tension, he should try civilized diplomacy. And he should never rule...
...from Hope, and the similarities don’t end there. Both men were governor of Arkansas for more than 10 years, and Huckabee, as Clinton did during his first presidential bid, has seemed to make a last-minute surge during the primary season. Both men even play an instrument. Bill Clinton jammed on his saxophone on Arsenio Hall’s show in 1992; Huckabee plays bass guitar for his band, the Capitol Offenses, and has even opened for Willie Nelson. Most importantly, however, both men are extremely likable. Huckabee is as funny as Clinton is empathetic...
...followed his performance with an encore, playing a solo that rendered the whole room silent. He played a piece that had an ethereal, eerie sound, accompanying his own cello solo by singing a vocal part. The moment emphasized the fact that Koh is not simply someone playing an instrument, but actually is the instrument himself...
...translator was needed between Azerbaijani singer Alim Qasimov and the rest of the Silk Road Ensemble once they began playing together. When Qasimov, wanted to cue the other musicians to add new segments, he would mimic the motion of playing an instrument, and together the ensemble began smoothing the gaps between movements. In an age where everything seems to be inter-something (international, interdisciplinary, intercultural) it’s surprising that the world has not been blended into one big smudge. Although the Silk Road Project falls under the category of “inter...
...mythology, dwarfs, present at the creation, representing order and reason, had magic powers to fashion a god’s or hero’s life-partner weapon...Frieda, present at the creation of ‘Peanuts,’ helped to forge Schulz’s greatest instrument: his characters’ union of constrained size with irreducible strength.” While it is true that Schulz wanted his characters to be intelligent beyond their apparent years and endowed them with curiosities and fears that gave them philosophical profundity, the analogy seems contrived and ridiculous, and gives...