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...however, that both Beuys and Warhol were incredible self-promoters. Both artists' grandiose self-portraits, as well as their frequent and splashy public appearances, were nothing if not exercises in self-indulgence and egotistical reverence. But no matter how they achieved their influence, their affect on the public was profound. The show emphasized this point...
...very easy to write off Roxette as pop trash because they achieved tremendous success with less-than-profound lyrics and danceable music. But Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle both have beautiful voices, and they're excellent performers both on record and on stage...
...spite of the triumph of reform at the ballot box, De Klerk's main negotiating partner, Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (A.N.C.), could not share the euphoria. The country's 30 million black citizens still suffer profound inequalities in housing, education, ( medical care and other basic necessities. As Mandela watched whites streaming to the polls, he said, "I still cannot vote in my own country." But when it was over, he smiled and said at last, "I am very pleased...
Surgical procedures, more painful and profound, make courts more wary. Two years ago, a Chicago court refused to require twins to undergo tests to determine if their bone marrow could help their half brother who was dying of leukemia. In 1987 a Washington federal court ordered a pregnant cancer patient to undergo a caesarean delivery in an attempt to save the fetus, even though she and her doctors opposed the operation. The baby lived for just two hours. The woman died two days later. But the lower-court ruling doesn't provide a precedent because it was vacated...
...want to convince you that you should listen to classical music. Not because classical music is intrinsically superior to all other forms of musical expression, not because it is more serious or more profound and not because it is your duty, if you wish to become an educated citizen of the world, to acquire a smattering of "culture". It is probably because of people telling you things like that that you have never wanted to listen to classical music in the first place. They are the same ones who insist that you be able to rattle off composers and titles...