Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second movement of the concerto highlighted the orchestra's skills, as they played pizzacati remarkably in unison for close to the entire Adagio. Lin's treatment of the cadenza appeared to mention Schumann's Fourth Symphony, though it might have come unconsciously. He and Yoo then led the orchestra jovially through the Presto. The Haydn, though not the flashiest work written for violin and orchestra, benefited immensely from Lin's thoughtful and decorous performance...
...confront all of her mother's anxieties in her own adult life. The author discusses her overwhelming fear of failing her babies and consequently smothering them with attention. She talks about not being able to write and the intense depression that resulted from her dry spells. There is mention of potential drug and alcohol abuse, even thoughts of suicide...
What causes these critics to lose their professional cool at the mere mention of Breggin is his relentless crusade against the conventional wisdom of psychiatry -- and his increasingly high profile. What causes Breggin to rail against his profession is its eagerness to embrace technology, from the early zeal for lobotomies and electroshock to the modern reliance on such psychoactive drugs as Thorazine and lithium. In looking for the quick fix, Breggin argues, too many psychiatrists have forgotten the importance of love, hope and empathy in maintaining sanity. The power to heal the mind lies in people, he says, not pills...
...real news to me, not worthy of more than a small item on the court docket column of the newspaper. Or a brief mention on only one of the major networks, without a picture and at the end of the broadcast. A 30-second news spot in a morning radio show: "O.J. Simpson, the Hall of Fame running back, was today arrested in connection with the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole...
...government will not assert exemptions to protect the privacy interests of any terrorist abductors who are mentioned in documents." --United States Attorney Eric Holder in a letter to Jerry Anderson, the former Associated Press reporter who was held hostage by terrorists in Lebanon for nearly seven years. Anderson had filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act asking the government to release documents pertaining to his captivity. Initially, the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI and CIA all told him that because of various privacy protections in federal law, he would have to get notarized permission from his former captors...