Word: mutedness
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Still, it's doubtful that al-Zaidi will be released without trial, despite the intense public pressure, merely because such public affronts to leaders are extremely rare in the Middle East and unlikely to go unpunished. Justice must not only be done but also be seen to be done, so...
Occasionally, the film is enlivened by the guest appearances of familiar actors, sometimes cast appropriately (Lou Diamond Phillips as Mario Monje, Catalina Sandina Moreno as Che's second wife), sometimes not (Matt Damon as a priest-negotiator in Bolivia!?). But the major burden falls on its star, who nurtured the...
The Trouble with Putinomics It's difficult to get an accurate picture of the economic disruption in Russia, where reliable information and open public discussion remain rare. This is the other side of Putinomics: TV and many major press outlets are firmly under state control, and media outlets that aren...
But in the campaign's final stretch, Obama was much more muted on education; it was McCain who made the boldest case for reform. And Obama's decision to elevate campaign adviser Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford education professor whose positions are often aligned with those of the unions, to...
The running passage work passed from the bass strings to the violins, and the dark, brooding lines in the brass reflected the programmatic themes of the work. The muted lyrical theme in the strings in the middle of the first movement was sustained especially well and helped the overlapping phrases...