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...state of his technology to the state of nuclear physics at the outset of World War II. At that time a group of scientists informed the President that they knew, not how to build a bomb, but how to go about finding out how to build a bomb. The parallel is striking. The atom bomb taught us that all science is not necessarily good, that new techniques that are not necessarily better than old techniques, that knowledge is at best morally neutral, not always right...
...conference's primary success--beyond relatively technical matters of structure and policy--was the sense of cohesiveness and solidarity that it generated. People who had spent the past several years organizing in isolated communities drew strength from meeting people with parallel experiences and sharing ideas and strategies...
Brook is constantly aware of the possibilities in film for more supple dramatic movement, and he is able to use a technique as fundamental as parallel montage to alter completely the dramatic rhythms. A long speech of Goneril's is intercut with shots of Lear riding furiously on the hunt, so that by the time the single speech is finished, the relationship of father and eldest daughter is completely redefined. And when Lear first realizes the emasculating ingratitude of Goneril and Regan ("O, reason not the need!"), Brook moves toward a close-up of the king's eyes that measure...
...music. His little Suite of Trumpet Voluntaries belies an unflattering reputation as a feeble Purcell. Only in this set of pieces did Tarr display the kind of virtuoso talent for which he is generally known. The sense of ensemble--excellent throughout the evening--was pertect here in the brilliant parallel thirds where the organ registration sounded like a second trumpet. Equally successful was the encore, a Telemann Air de Trompette, performed with a tremendous sense of style galant grace. An entire Telemann suite would have been vastly preferable to fragments of early baroque sonatas...
...Would this possibility justify continued grants of federal funds to foster (in effect) sex discrimination? Should a racially moderate local school board oppose nation-wide administrative action to curb racial isolation on the grounds that too many white parents might withdraw support from the public schools? (Not a perfect parallel, but perhaps...