Word: raptness
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...September 1987, when the government withdrew most of the national currency from circulation; scores died in recurring clashes. Since June, the country has once again been quiet, but a visitor last week remarked on an atmosphere of "underlying tension." Cautious Burmese listened to Ne Win's resignation speech with "rapt attention," he noted, but reacted with little passion. Said he: "People have adopted a wait-and-see attitude...
...listening in living rooms and Rotary clubs from Iowa to New Hampshire. From now on, however, they will come to view the nation as an interchangeable sequence of airports, access roads and motel meeting rooms. The frenzy of Super Tuesday scheduling reduces voters to a blur -- sign-waving supporters, rapt faces in the crowd, a decorative backdrop for TV visuals...
Dragon is a challenging play, but it is too long to retain rapt audience attention, and it does demand constant alertness to decipher dialect. But Sinophiles and drama enthusiasts will appreciate this spicy story of Chinatown challenge...
...couple of botched passages by pianist Loeb couldn't come close to spoiling the rapt beauty of the Andante tranquillo and Allegretto grazioso. Here one heard a surprisingly fine rapport between pianist and violinist, though the balance was too far slanted toward the violin. Loeb seemed too close to the edge of the keys, and his sound was not as well defined as it might have been...
Sitting quietly, almost motionlessly onstage, protectively cradling his six-string Hauser guitar, his left hand moving swiftly and smoothly across the frets, his right hand flicking the strings gently with its fingernails, Segovia was a picture of concentration. A Segovia recital was as hushed as a whisper, as rapt as a prayer. "If people have even a little understanding," he once said, "it is better to move them than to amaze them...