Word: perform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until the Sea Harrier faced its first real full-scale combat test, no one knew for sure how it would perform its many duties. Its success over the South Atlantic, notes a veteran Harrier pilot, proves that even in the microchip age "mobility, flexibility and surprise are still as important as they ever were...
...better explained by social factors. "Women are more likely than men to give up or try less hard on spatial tests, because they do not believe that spatial talent is part of their repertoire," he argues. Similarly, men who do not experience normal puberty may "question their ability to perform on tests that they believe are solved most efficiently by more masculine males...
...manufacturers have usually been considered superior in two areas that are regarded as crucial to success in selling the small machines: distribution and software, the instructions that tell the computer how to perform specific tasks. The Japanese, however, have shrewdly avoided language and cultural problems by designing their computers to use American-made software. Moreover, some Japanese companies now expect to use their considerable experience in selling electronic equipment to both businesses and consumers to offset the current American advantage in marketing...
...idea that Shostakovich was merely noisy is one of the misconceptions we're trying to destroy," says Fitzwilliam Violist Alan George, 32. The ensemble has been closely associated with Shostakovich's music since 1972, when the sick, aging composer came to York to hear the group perform his tightly organized, mournful Quartet No. 13. That meeting began a relationship that continued until the composer's death; Shostakovich sent the Fitzwilliam the scores of his 14th and 15th Quartets for their first performances outside the Soviet Union. Says First Violinist Christopher Rowland, 35: "He seemed very touched that...
...group's adventurous repertory also includes quartets by César Franck, Fauré, Sibelius, Borodin and Nielsen. Starting in July they will regularly perform the music of Mozart and Haydn on 18th century instruments. But it is in Shostakovich that the Fitzwilliam's reputation has justly been made. Whether negotiating the complexities of the late quartets, such as the tortured, defiant Twelfth, or inhabiting the sunnier climes of the Fourth and Sixth Quartets, the Fitzwilliam's performances were marked by a clear, unforced ensemble tone, individual virtuosity and an unfailing sensitivity to the music...