Word: precisionism
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If there is one international musical figure who can truly be described as protean, it is Pierre Boulez. The former enfant terrible of French composers, who combines a brilliant mathematical mind with an expert musical ear, Boulez has been the chief theoretician of the postwar serialist movement. During his tenure...
"Balance, moves, speed and strength are essential," says freshman Dan Medalie. Crimson heavyweight Jim Phills adds that precision of movement is the key to good wrestling. "It's an art form like ballet or dance," comments the 200-pounder.
Americans have historically (with a touch of of overstatement) regarded themselves as the world's master exaggerators: spinners of all tall tales, an abundantly fabulous people, full of Whitman and vinegar. But this is probably mere cultural narcissism. Other people have spent many centuries perfecting their techniques of overstatment...
It was an exhausting round of golf in the Florida sun. But as Bogart Jackson approached the 18th hole, he realized he must be among the leaders. A few precision wedges out of the sand had kept his score to 64 with the rigorous par-four 18th still to play...
The cat's sensitive ears are precisely tuned to discern the scrabble of paws beneath the ground. It even has its own self-cleaning service: cat saliva may contain a deodorizing detergent-like substance. Asleep, a cat may resemble a throw pillow or a Kliban-style meatloaf, but, awake...