Word: mintz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lennon suspected Government surveillance, says Elliot Mintz, a long time family friend, but "I'm not sure anyone was aware of the degree." When, for example, the Lennons did not show up in Miami for the G.O.P. Convention, the FBI, according to a memo dated Sept. 28, 1972, photographed the arrest records of all 1,200 people taken into custody during the convention "to make sure John Lennon wasn't arrested." Says Wiener, "It's unbelievable. As if John Lennon could be arrested in Miami and nobody would know about...
...Salle. 200 yd. freestyle--1. Miao. Harvard, 1:38.56, 2 Conbisiero, Columbia, 3 Maler, La Salle 100 butterfly--1. Smith, Princeton, 49.09. 2. Kelia, La Salle. 3. Seanen, Cornell 100 yd. backstroke--1. Rapp. Yale, 51.57, 2 Dirth, Princeton, 3. Martin, Army, 100 yd. breastroke--1. Sawyer. B.U., 56.93.2 Mintz, Yale, 3. Rogers, Yale. 800 yd. freestyle relay--1. Harvard, 6:39.87.2 La Salle, 3. Dartmouth...
...same style goes well in the Dvorak Slawisher Tanz No. 2. Mintz makes you think of the old country. He plays the low notes in high positions, heavy on trills and Russian slides to double stops. In the juiciest piece--Recitativo and Scherzo Caprice op. 6, written in the style of Ysaye--Mintz plays his solo. He digs too much, overemphasizes the triple stops and phrases the Presto poorly. It is messy and out of tune in the final pizzicato passage...
...piece that sounds American--Kreisler's Syncopation--sounds like Scott Joplin's "Ragtime." Mintz plays it well, but exerts too much pressure in spots...
...although Kreisler became the richest musician ever performing his pieces, it is unlikely Mintz will do the same...