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PIERRE HENRY: LE VOYAGE (Mercury). Old-fashioned program music played by newfangled electronic means-and what a program. Following the text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the work details the experiences of a dying man from his last breath on earth to his first breath as a reincarnated...
One such problem is academic freedom. Reagan insisted that in this area all those with an interest in public universities-teachers, students, taxpayers, administrators and elected officials have legitimate and sometimes conflicting claims that "must be reconciled within a framework of mutual understanding and compromise." He deplored equally the ignorant...
Moreover, argues the CP, how can workers "be expected to unite with a rash unthinking student who says he hates war but throws away his chance to get out of it!" Surely people will be shocked if we do something decent, if we think past our own all-important selves...
Rings & Springs. Early 19th century piano teachers were altogether baffled by the newfangled instrument. All sorts of torturous devices were invented for the purpose of getting the pianist's hands to the keyboard properly. Students' arms were clamped down with iron rails, their fingers wrapped with wires, rings and springs...
Modest & Meticulous. The Wildcats owe their sharpest claws to the fact that they have finally learned what Rupp modestly calls "the Kentucky system." Freely translated, it means run, run, run and never, never miss. A perfectionist rather than an innovator, Rupp decries such newfangled tactics as the zone press defense...