Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There may be some comfort for optimists, however: Netanyahu may lack enthusiasm for the land-for-peace option, but he has found himself with no alternative. "In the realities of the current global situation and given the terms of modern warfare, Israel isn't in a very strong position to fight a war with its neighbors," says Dowell. "That makes it very difficult for Netanyahu defying the Americans and going it alone." The Palestinians, too, lack a strategic alternative to the negotiating process. So while peace hasn't yet prevailed, at least it has survived to fight another...
...first powerful f minor chord, an expression of force that often drowns the listener with its weight, had a subdued, chamber-like quality not normally associated with the work. The timbre of the period woodwinds, as heard in their ensuing dialogue, differed slightly from the sound of a modern performance. This distinction in tone colors became more noticeable in the well-executed solo horn sections towards the end of the piece. The horns' clarion crispness may have shocked listeners accustomed to the rounder, fuller sound of a modern horn...
...when considered historically. Beethoven wrote this piece in 1810 as incidental music for Goethe's play Egmont, a story of enlightened monarchy struggling against despotic oppression. Who today would ever think to characterize Beethoven's Egmont as "incidental," as just some minor work, secondary to some greater artistic creation? Modern audiences are so used to hearing this piece by itself, that we forget it was meant to summarize the important themes of a play and to warm up the audience. Even if at times the orchestra's execution lacked a certain precision, Hogwood's interpretation gave credence to the label...
...past Tuesday, an open meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences played host to both nobility and farce. In an inspiring display of courage, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 stood before the full body of his colleagues and dared attack that sacred cow of the modern academy, known affectionately as multiculturalism, and known accurately as bunk...
...Albanian rebels-who constitute almost 90 percent of Kosovo-are allowed to secede, it would set a dangerous double standard, said Maria N. Todorova, a visiting professor of history from the University of Florida who will teach History 1519: "The Modern Balkans" this spring...