Word: precisionism
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The visitor conceded that Andropov was "very courteous," but went on to describe him as "a modernist, in the sense of a computer, in the sense of precision of word and gesture." The party chief, said the Frenchman, made "a cold, objective presentation" that was "extraordinarily devoid of the passion...
DIED. Adrian Boult, 93, restrained, unhistrionic conductor who organized and led the BBC Symphony Orchestra, one of England's finest, from 1930 to 1950, then served as principal conductor of the London Philharmonic until 1957; in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Working with precision and economy of gesture, Boult insisted...
Gemini was known for the obsessive, flawless precision of its printing. It encouraged Stella to make large images by using silk-screen or flat-bed lithography from metal plates-means that more "purist" printmakers, wedded to the nuances of stone lithography, tended to reject as commercially tainted. Stella began to...
Tom Lynch's sets and Nancy Thun's costumes, an array of right, simple pastel designs, match the mood of the musical perfectly. Director Alvin Epstein and choreographer Kathryn Posin have thankfully kept the production loose and lively. If the opening number is a little ragged, and if the second...
Clearly, the College's system of guessing course turnout each term and then scrambling to adjust for any errors has all the clarity and precision of a Jackson Pollack canvas. In a great many courses each term, either the classrooms or the teaching staffs prove too small to accommodate the...