Word: slavic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Never too big for his red hat, the patriarch always kept a confessional to hear the sins of penitents in St. Mark's Basilica. It was there, says Ryan, that he picked up much of his rough talent in German and certain Slavic dialects. He speaks French well but English dreadfully. His personal habits are not forbiddingly ascetic. He smokes cigarettes and an occasional cigar and, like nearly every Italian, enjoys his wine...
...Emerson 105 History S-1602 Emerson 105 Japanese S-Aab Emerson 210 Latin S-Aab Emerson 210 Natural Sciences S-148 Jefferson 250 Physics S-1, S-1a, S-1b Memorial Hall Psychology and Social Relations S-1760 Emerson 105 Psychology and Social Relations S-1870 Memorial Hall Slavic S-Aab Boylston 11 Slavic S-Bab Emerson 105 Statistics S-100 Memorial Hall THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1978 2:15 p.m. 12 O'CLOCK CLASSES Economics S-1325 Emerson 210 English S-70 Emerson 105 English S-153 Emerson 105 Fine Arts S-197 Fogg ChristianRoom Government S-50 Memorial Hall...
Today Conrad has replaced Victor Hugo. A similar survey of contemporary writers would turn up many of the master's titles: An Outcast of the Islands, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and his greatest story, Heart of Darkness. His ominous Slavic intensity and his understated English produced a prose style that generations have found intoxicating. Countless youths acquired their first sense of literary power in such passages as "When an opportunity offered at last to meet my predecessor, the grass growing through his ribs was tall enough to hide his bones...
...conductors tend to blast through the great crescendos and wallow in the well-known themes. Not Giulini, however, whose byword is subtlety. The Chicago's famous brass is brilliant, not blaring, and Giulini achieves unexpected nuances of color and volume. Those who prefer their "New World" brooding and Slavic should stick with Stokowski's various recordings, but those with an ear for freshness will like this interpretation...
Music, however, is not the only interest Russia holds for Kogan. She is a harpist of Slavic descent; this trip to Russia is a "Roots-inspired journey to go back to the homeland...