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...modernization of instruments is that tempos have become slower than Beethoven intended. The strings of his time simply could not sustain chords as long as the instruments of today can. Gardiner takes Beethoven's metronome markings -- once scorned as impossibly brisk -- at face value. The performances are therefore far nimbler than is typical, but such is the virtuosity of Gardiner's 60-piece orchestra that the music never seems rushed or scrambled. Listen, for example, to the famous finale of the Ninth / Symphony. The "Turkish march" usually sounds like an inappropriately comic intrusion in an otherwise profound movement. Gardiner takes...
...emerge as a major force in the industry. The moves so far, they say, are little more than Band-Aid solutions that cover up deep financial and technological wounds. IBM's challenge is not just to shrink in size but also to remake itself completely into a nimbler and more market-oriented player, in much the same way that American Telephone & Telegraph reshaped itself after the breakup of the Bell System eight years ago. And even that would hardly be enough to restore IBM's dominance in an increasingly fast-moving and decentralized industry that is becoming less and less...
Still, analysts insist that IBM must get even leaner -- perhaps paring at least 50,000 more jobs within the next two years -- if it is to meet the challenge from smaller and nimbler competitors. Says Bruce Lupatkin, an industry analyst: "There's still a lot of fat left." CEO Akers agrees that layoffs are necessary for the company's long-term survival. "Although it's a difficult step to take," he says, "it's one that, given the realities, if we must do it, we must...
...Australian Kookaburra (a bush bird of prey sometimes called a "laughing jackass"), this game stood 2-0 for Conner in the best-of-seven final. Most depressing for the Australians, the lighter breezes they had prayed for all month materialized the first day, but the boat thought to be nimbler was outmaneuvered all the same. Winds that routinely topped 20 knots in the trials eased abruptly to eight or ten. Effectively the yachtsmen were back in Newport, R.I. Breaking neatly in front, Conner never rounded any buoy less than 40 seconds ahead and won by a jarring 1:41. Cheering...
...reunited two violins, viola and cello. In four movements that flow together seamlessly, the piece bristles with ferocious rhythmic difficulty: a five-note figure in the viola may be pitted against a nine-note phrase in the second violin. It takes nimble fingers to play this music and nimbler ears to follow...