Word: pureed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aspect of the Horowitz magic: rich, full tone even in moments of quiet. The rest of his sorcery was soon at work. The concerto's immense hurdles (lightning-fast chord sequences, densely complicated ornaments) were leaped smoothly, and the occasional moments of romantic treacle were turned into pure honey. Cascades of notes ar ranged themselves in perfect, multicolored symmetry. The fortissimo climaxes arrived like evening thunder. Nobody else can hit a piano that hard and produce something more than an ugly...
Consider, as evidence, the January issue. The cover piece, by California Republican Senator S.I. Hayakawa, attacks Congress's free-spending ways and describes the benefits Hayakawa believes make voluntary unemployment increasingly attractive. Another article argues for a pure merit system and against the affirmative-action position in the Allan Bakke case before the U.S. Supreme Court. December's lead piece attacked the environmentalists in their long-running dispute with Consolidated Edison over location of a power plant in the Hudson River Valley. The November cover featured National Review Editor and Yale-man William F. Buckley...
...confrontation was pure Somerset Maugham. Nadia Boulanger crisply closed the student's composition book and handed it back to her young pupil. "You're right," she assured him. "You haven't any talent...
...derive considerable pleasure from the plot's many twists and the consistently slick performances Ross culls from his cast. The Turning Point may not represent a departure from the highly commercial repertoire of films bearing Ross's stamp, but what he lacks in vision he makes up for in pure craft...
...table). Zakas' book, Furniture in 24 Hours (Macmillan; $10.95), a collection of his own designs and those of his most inventive pupils, has gone through six printings in little over a year. Its 128 pages are a potpourri of practical pieces that range from ad hoc aphrodisiac to pure zany. None of the designs are tacky, crude or dull, though some of the chairs may not be as easy on the derriere as they are on the eye. Each design is accompanied by diagrams, a photograph of the finished object and a meticulous list of the materials and tools...