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Whether the two movements were written at the same time nobody knows. But according to Conductor Sacher, the second movement is an exact musical portrait of Violinist Stefi Geyer, whom friends remember as a dark, rapt beauty, a trifle spoiled by her early musical success, and more interested in her career than in young Bartok...
...administrator in southern Laos chopped down all bridges into his domain once a year out of fear that the annual inspection might include an inventory of his concubines. According to British Author Norman Lewis, French officers after a tour of duty in Laos are marked forever after by "gentle, rapt expressions" and a "vaguely dissolute manner...
When Goldwater rose to speak, the rapt young audience clotted the aisles and pressed close to the stage, waving huge Goldwater placards. "This country," said Goldwater, "is being caught up in a wave of conservatism that could easily become the phenomenon of our time. Nobody knows for sure its present strength or its future potential. But every politician, newspaperman, analyst and civic leader knows that something is afoot that could drastically alter our course as a nation." It has an anchor in the "conservative movement" among college students, he said, who "know that this thing that has gone along...
...Froggie Went A-Courtin', The Grey Goose, and the rest, with a voice that is clear as a mountain stream and cozy as sitting by the fire. In the path of Burl's music, the weather of a child's mind seems to turn sunny, rapt, calm...
...listening to "the bathroom noises of the Swami's morning toilet." Anandamayee Ma was nearly 63, but she looked like "a gypsy beauty in her forties." She played constantly with her beautiful toes, and disconcerted Koestler by giggling and writhing while she delivered her spiritual wisdom to a rapt audience...