Word: overlooking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rockwell, it seems, is trying to overlook elements of traditionalism in our music the structures that are an essential part of the blues, folk, and rock. Bur tradition and form are as essential to our music as radical experimentation; no music can possibly escape the culture from which is emerges. Rockwell's discussion of serialism--a non-traditional musical system championed by Arnoid Schoenberg--is prefaced by the revealing remark. "But it was serialism more than populism that impeded the evolution of truly American music." Rockwell can't decide which side he is on, the side of serialist Milton Babbitt...
...think it's terrific," said Philip K. Thayer, a student at the Graduate School of Education. "I did most of [my returns] myself, but I went to VITA to make sure I didn't overlook anything, especially exemptions...
...most forcibly against America. As the attractive star of a radical "antiparty" party that disdains celebrity, she is the frequent subject of glossy articles and the constant target of photographers. Petra Kelly, 35, the feisty, fiery gamin who speaks as the uncrowned leader of the Greens, is hard to overlook...
Most Radcliffe women, simply by virtue of their attendance here, are intellectual, competitive, and highly motivated. The innate confidence they probably have may make them overlook the possible detrimental effects of living in a community that remains skewed towards men in everything from sheer-numbers to such separatist vestiges as finals clubs. Not that women should counteract this problem by becoming equally separatist, but they should not, either, yield to the habit that often prevails--studiously avoiding all activities lacking men or, at the very least, approaching them with severe apprehension...
...remarks cheered Wall Streeters, who have been among Volcker's warmest backers. Many are willing to overlook the Federal Reserve's tolerance of occasional erratic swings in money growth because they support the chairman's long-term goal of stabilizing prices. Last week Edward Yardeni, senior vice president and chief economist of Prudential Bache Securities, put the Street's sentiments succinctly. "Under Volcker," said he, "the Fed has regained its credibility...