Word: merest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Webern, one of the great innovators of the 20th century, this was a spiritual matter. In every vista he saw a creative idea logically developed. The merest wild flower reminded him of Goethe's ''primeval plant,'' symbol of the unity of all organic life. Most important, his moun tain treks re-enacted his artistic aspirations. More than any composer before or since, Webern worked on the timberline between sound and silence. His austere, rigorously condensed pieces seem to hover in a clear, rarefied ether of their own, like clusters of ice crystals on the point...
...interest some, but unfortunately has little relevance to most of us. Those affluent few who can afford to invest in vineyards, professional football teams or Reno condominium developments can also afford to lose tens of thousands of dollars, while the small investor can be wiped out by the merest fluctuation of the market...
...national scene. The New York paper has recovered somewhat, beating the Post to major Washington scoops about CIA domestic spying and drug experimentation on unwitting civilians. The Post has been giving extravagant display to its newsbeats on the Koreagate scandal?in fact, to any stories with the merest hint of wrongdoing. On balance, the Post probably does a more thorough job of covering Washington's politics and government administration, but the Times still carries more weight on the national scene...
...Green Knight and The Faerie Queene. The result is a remarkable confection: a subliminal history of the movies, wrapped in a riveting tale of suspense and adventure, ornamented with some of the most ingenious special effects ever contrived for film. It has no message, no sex and only the merest dollop of blood shed here and there. It's aimed at kids-the kid in everybody...
...some of Aldrich's fellow alumni might lead to the selection of sons of men just like themselves--cultured, upper-crust, white. Aldrich neglects to name the brand of intuition he favors, but his rhetoric reveals his predilections. Discussing student opposition to master's choice, he writes, "The merest suspicion of discriminate assembly by students and housemasters raised the specter of an old Harvard of snobbish hauteur, the specter (oh, how hated!) of social class." The university spirit Aldrich wants ("a quality of self-confidence now always condemned as arrogance"), he finds in John Maynard Keynes's description...