Word: quiets
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...Tchaikovsky poured into his work. The composer’s last piece before his unexpected death in 1893, “Pathétique” constantly changes from moments of elation to emotional turmoil. However, Levine pulled out passionate swells throughout the first movement, with exuberant fanfares and quiet textures.The second movement, a waltz in an unexpected 5/4 time, was performed with light playfulness. The form of the movement is a simple scherzo and trio, one part more lively and one more sedate, and both were played with grace and beautiful phrasing. There was particularly good communication between...
...thoroughly cleaned and restored, Narcissus waited among the other stone figures. The room was organized thematically: “Greek Statuary—Males—Nude.” It was a quiet gallery, where few tourists visited, despite the impressive dimensions of musculature on display...
...joined his congressional staff - but was soon moved back to his campaign staff. After terminating their relationship and then firing Allen in January of this year, Mahoney allegedly paid her and her lawyer $121,000 -along with a promise of a job at a media firm - to keep her quiet and avoid a sexual-harassment lawsuit. Allen has refused comment to ABC News...
When the James ossuary toured Canada in October 2002, it attracted thousands of the curious and faithful. Some visitors kneeled in quiet prayer. But back in Israel, police detectives, along with a growing posse of biblical scholars, were growing skeptical of the ossuary's authenticity. After a two-year investigation, police in December 2004 charged the antiquities collector and four others of forgery, alleging that the James ossuary was a clever fake and that Golan had masterminded an international ring of thieves that over the past 20 years had duped major museums and collectors out of millions. Put on trial...
...convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1992. The court found her guilty of participating in 1981 terrorist actions that resulted in the killing of a police officer and the kidnapping of a judge. She absconded to France in 1993, where she lived a quiet life until her arrest in August...