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...clarity of registration in Calla han's pictures flows naturally from th camera's function as a precision instrument. Usually there is a sense of meditative arrest, as if the shutter really had stopped time, giving the images a most singular density. Callahan's visual world is not very busy. We are invited to scrutinize a nude body reduced to one exquisite line formed by the cleft of the buttocks and the thighs, against a white ground; and we do so with gratitude. If Ingres had been a photographer he might have arrived at images like Callahan...
...Concert Band played these provincial folk tunes with singular enthusiasm and sensitivity, although the performance did not quite match that of the Persichetti symphony. The performers showed their versatility in the opening "Normandie," played with gusto, sprightly clashes of brass and a fine ensemble, and in "Bretagne," somber and haunting with a nice, accented contrast of low brass and shrill woodwinds...
...came on Tuesday night. It was almost as if they felt secure at last, a singular tribute to what Ford had been, but also a declaration for change in the future...
...have just completed reading your Commencement issue and it is tremendous--as a singular piece of student newspaper output, it is one of the best publications I've ever seen. It contradicts all the opinions I had formed of The Crimson over the last two years. In particular, I was very impressed by the quality of your sections on what students were doing after they graduate, what they have done in their four years here, the trivia bit section and your articles on Finley and Riesman. Any student attending Harvard or the least bit interested in knowing the soul...
...Nixon gone into some other kind of work," muses Barber, "he probably would have done just fine." But the singular pressures of the presidency magnified Nixon's flaws (like his self-doubt). In contrast, John Kennedy's shortcomings were often obscured, his strengths (combativeness, style) enhanced by the office...