Word: slowness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...immaculate playing to the orchestra, heightening the reputation of the BSO as one of the leading orchestras in the country. The evening began with a reading of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony in A Major, Opus 92. With the exception of the grandiose introduction in which a slow-striding theme made its appearance, the rest of the symphony flew by at full speed. Levine brought out the full intensity of the orchestra, propelling the music by the obsessive rhythms Beethoven wrote. In particular, the brass—led by Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Toby Oft (trombone), and James Sommerville (horn...
...Describing his campaign as a “slow-starter,” Waite hinted at plans for a dramatic finish but declined to discuss them in greater detail...
...program in Food Studies at NYU. Though Harvard does not have a formalized food studies program, students can study food laterally through various departments, from Anthropology to Human and Evolutionary Biology. Francesca T. Gilberti ’10, founder of Real Food Harvard College (which is connected to the Slow Food on Campus program), has pursued food studies within the bounds of her History and Literature concentration. “I certainly have found ways to academically shape what I do around food,” Gilberti, who is also a Crimson Magazine writer, says...
...laments, “And all I can show him was pictures of my cribs.” His mother’s passing might also explain Kanye’s fatigue. Faint-hearted opener “Say You Will” is clogged by a slow, three-minute outro with life-support beeps and an awful synth choir. Wondrously bizarre electrojam “Robocop” sounds like a Spector production, and it could have been a year-end roundup highlight if it didn’t digress into a lazy rant against his ex.Vulnerability isn?...
...That's something the Chinese increasingly want to avoid. Indeed, as Paulson and his team noted at this week's meetings, Beijing has started to make its trading partners nervous with a recent, relatively small reversal of the slow and steady rise in the RMB's value against the dollar. As a senior executive at a state-owned financial institution conceded to TIME two weeks ago, there is undeniable pressure from China's politically powerful export sector to weaken the RMB, which would make Chinese goods more price competitive abroad. If China triggered a wave of devaluations from other East...