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...just not Lady Macbeth. For one thing, her vocal tempo is absurdly slow. She is constantly given to internal pauses, often between every two words of a sentence. As a result we hear each sound she makes (though "Out, damned spot!" requires four syllables, not three), but the sounds seldom add up to convincing discourse. She indulges in elocution rather than elucidation...
...programs of the Concert Series get more adventurous, attendance at Sanders becomes less enthusiastic, (though those who do come are as responsive as ever). This is too bad, since a lot of important but seldom-performed music is being played. The Galimir group are excellent exponents of works like the Sessions and Schoenberg, and it is well worth anybody's while to hear them perform...
...authoritativeness has made it a favorite of political and business leaders in the U.S. as well as Britain. Exerting an influence far beyond its 90,000 circulation, the Economist blends concise reports of the week's news with lengthy analyses of key issues. It shuns abstractions and is seldom stuffy. The writing is pungent, specific, frequently touched with a cool humor...
Mexico's progress is the result of more than 30 years of political and economic stability under the uniquely long-lived, seldom heavy-handed rule of P.R.I., the Institutional Revolutionary Party. But P.R.I, and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz have had a scattershot of troubles of late. Within the past 18 months, Diaz Ordaz has had to use paratroopers to quell student strikes on three campuses and militia to put down several rural protests over food prices and campesino grievances. Outside the glittering, wealthy cities live nearly half the people, scratching out incomes that average less than $16 per family...
Fairbank deplored what he felt was the American emphasis on short-term crisis planning in dealing with China. U.S. leaders, he alleged, seldom seem to plot out any long term programs...