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...first portion of the symphony, which starts out as quiet as death, grew louder then softer as the piece progressed, and never let its ominous undertones escape. Before too long, the familiar melody of "Frere Jacques" creeps into the orchestra, seducing one section at a time until every instrument had slowly succumbed. This movement is known to parody a funeral march, but what is being parodied--the funeral or the children's song--remains a morbid mystery...
Central to their ideas of community is the creation of a student center, a proposal which the administration has long resisted. King and Driskell advocate using a portion of the council's $40,000 in newly found funds to write a $10,000 check to the Development Office to symbolize students' commitment to the center...
...book's conclusion is particularly chilling as Hochschild explores how the mass murder of 10 million people came to be ignored for nearly a century. Historically this small portion of the book is just as fascinating as the unraveling of the killings and the movement itself and is written with just as much eloquence. Hochschild offers a multi-leveled rationale for this forgetting, but concludes that perhaps the chief cause lies in the beginnings of the First World War and the Allies' politically advantageous characterization of "Poor Little Belgium...
...second portion of the concert featured English pieces, some of which were performed on a "normal" Renaissance harp, an instrument about the size of an abnormally large cat and held in the lap similarly. These ballads, with names like "My thoughts are winged with hope" and "Watkin's Ale" combined with the petite harp to bring to mind images of wandering minstrels. The last piece, "Amarilli," was an effective and thoughtfully chosen ending, as it combined the Italian and English traditions, drawing together the first and second halves of the concert...
...little time between action sequences, building up an almost unbearable intensity, augmented by fast camera cuts and quick scene changes. Yet the overall effect is not a choppy compilation of distinct scenes, but a broad tapestry of chases, gunfire, high-tech tracking devices and explosions, coupled with a moderate portion of complicated plot development...