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...when the Harvard administration decides to act tyrannically, revoking from students and alum their liberty to consume beer from kegs at a festive occasion such as the Harvard-Yale game (News, Dec. 14). As a minor I cannot drink, but I do have some thoughts on the issue...
...pairs of movements (one and five, two and four) are related, while the middle movement "night music" stands on its own. Furthermore, as Corigliano wrote in the program notes, "the symphony is based upon a motto composed of even repetitions of a single tone, and a sequence of disjunct minor thirds. There are also four pitch centers recurring throughout the work: C, C-sharp, G and G-sharp." These elements were ingeniously woven throughout the piece...
...symphony, beautiful dovetailing lines shimmer and seem to echo off each other, something unattainable in the quartet version. A wild fugue using different tempos for each statement of the subject (but notated in the same meter for all instruments) leads into the postlude, where repetitions of the minor third interval perhaps intentionally recall the last movement of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. The work ends as it begins, with practice-muted strings undulating through quarter tones...
Chaudhuri's portraits of the more minor characters in the novel, such as Jayojit's parents, are particularly enjoyable. Jayojit's neurotic mother and reticent father provide a strong backdrop to Jayojit's affinity for life in India. The Chatterjees talk about Jayojit's experiences "abroad" as though he lived in an imaginary land. Chaudhuri's subtle comparison between the mystical atmosphere that the Chatterjees attribute to America and the dreamlike way in which Jayojit wanders through India is compelling and beautiful-this is the strong point of Chaudhuri's novel. Through his sensitive descriptions of the daily trivialities...
...that over half of the owners can put their names on the dotted line of a system that allows the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Orioles, Braves, Red Sox and now the Rangers to spend them in oblivion. These smaller markets cannot permit themselves to be a de facto minor league operation for the big clubs, developing talent until they become available free agents. Yes, it's possible for a team like Oakland to compete, but GM Billy Beane has been nothing short of brilliant, and he has no room for error. How much will the pitchers he's devloped like Barry...