Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stravinsky converted to twelve-tone composition under the sway of ''St. Anton.'' Among lesser composers, instant Webernism-compressed structures, jagged melodic leaps, spare, pointillist orchestration-became a sort of standard, freeze-dried product in the 1950s and '60s. Now that the vogue has subsided somewhat, Webern is in danger of having come and gone as an avant-garde influence without ever being absorbed into the standard repertory. A more definitive assessment is needed...
Actor Heard, who has a gift for portraying troubled and somewhat enigmatic young men, plays Charles lightly, but with an edge of lunacy. The film's statement, that love is madness, seems only partly comic; and it is an open question during most of Head over Heels whether this madness is a desirable condition. Di rector Joan Micklin Silver lets the action and Heard's characterization veer close to the actual, unfunny sort of in sanity. Once or twice before the happy ending, it seems that something gruesome may be in the air. The quark, or question mark...
...other one's been in too long," a youngish male Greek-American explains in somewhat halting English. "Change is a good thing." Timilty walks into the room and there is more than polite applause, but it can't fill the room. There is an introduction--a slew of Greek words--and a smiling "Thank You, Mike," from Timilty. The candidate is in a dark blue pinstripe suit and blue shirt, replete with sideburns struggling to complete the Jerry Brown young-but-responsible look. The voice is all wrong--too high--bouncing off the yellow and beige walls in the basement...
...still be wondering why slates are important in the city, why many candidates feel it is helpful to ally with others of similar (or in the case of the CCC, somewhat similar) views. The reason is proportional representation, Cambridge's fruitcake balloting system. Because ballots can count for a voter's second or third choice candidate if his first preference wins big or is eliminated from the running, it pays to give voters a list of identifiable candidates. It has also served as a useful way for Cantabrigians to clearly define the issues facing the city--CCA candidates, for example...
...Although somewhat upstaged by the Pope's visit and the dedication of the Kennedy Library, the stonings of school buses in Southie in September and the shooting of Darryl Williams could have forced Boston voters to look at the alternative candidate a little more closely. But the recent violence, as the mayor asserts (and is having police commissioner Joseph Jordan prove), is more isolated than it was in 1974 and 1975. Local media polls indicate that White will still win the election...