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Whatever the tactics may be, black leaders want to avert the risks of a period of "benign neglect" once recommended by New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Says Chicago's Jesse Jackson: "Blacks must have a willingness to engage in mass direct action to dramatize particular issues. Unless we pui 20,000 or 30,000 people in the streets of 30 major areas around the country, the haves will not develop a consciousness to recognize the have-nots...
...your head, can you name two or three of the world's greatest bassoon players? Nor can I: the unfortunate bassoon has in recent times been much neglected as a solo instrument. David Sogg's performance of Mozart's B flat major concerto, K. 191, showed that this neglect is unwarranted, while providing a welcome respite for a musical world saturated with concerti for piano or for violin. It is unfortunate that more people did not take advantage of this nearly unique opportunity to hear an excellent bassoonist in a solo context...
...relatively youthful group of Australian film makers who are breathing new life into a once nearly moribund movie industry. Beyond that, most of these films deal in the search for roots that they obviously hope will sustain their new creative venturings?and perhaps make up for the general neglect of their nation's aesthetically usable past...
...PROPOSALS outlined by Bowersock are indeed worthy of careful consideration by CUE and the Faculty. If Harvard wants to maintain its reputation as an institution of learning, it must not neglect the foundation of the University-- the College. Creating greater interaction among professors and students will unquestionably improve the undergraduate program. The Faculty should not delay in passing and enforcing the several reform proposals now being refined by Bowersock...
...delightful miscellany of Plomeriana: brief essays on his favorite poets and novelists; portraits of Brighton, Wales and Ireland reprinted from his garrulous autobiography; a selection of poems and short stories. Plomer had a genius for the characteristic detail, the telling anecdote. George Gissing, a 19th century novelist scarred by neglect, wrote in the hesitant manner of one who, "anxious to avoid appearing gauche or conspicuous, may sometimes be caught glancing furtively round to make sure that he is about to use the right knife and fork." Edward FitzGerald, the reclusive translator of The Rubáiyát of Omar...