Word: soundness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter's energy bill. That fear-and a certain anger at the inconvenience-was widespread among colleagues, but Byrd managed to be philosophical about the mercurial nature of his beloved institution. "The Senate is very much like a violin," said the leader, who plays one himself. "The sound will change with the weather, the dampness, the humidity. The Senate is a place of great moods. It can shift quickly, very quickly." And dramatically. The last time the Senate was kept awake all night by an obstinate filibusterer was in 1964, when Robert Byrd talked for 14 hours straight...
Some 204 bishops, most of them elected by their fellow bishops from nations around the world, converged for a month-long discussion of catechesis, particularly the religious education of youth. Though that may sound like a housekeeping matter, the church faces confusion over basic pedagogical methods, even the content of Catholicism. One leading Vatican prelate speaks for many of his colleagues when he complains: "Much of the teaching going on today does not follow any orthodox principles." Synod progressives will be lobbying for alternatives to traditional approaches. To bring the factions together, Paul has appointed a special "commission on controversies...
...does not want to make Bobby Deerfield sound like heavy going. Director Pollack has almost flawlessly understated its case. The Europe through which his couple move is one of soft colors, handsome but not overawing. And in Al Pacino he has one of the few actors who can play narcissism without seeming to be a lummox, while Marthe Keller finds a steely spine in her characterization of what might have been your standard movie kook. She is vulnerable without being pathetic, compelling without being neurotic...
There are a number of sound reasons why the U.S. government should and can leave South Korea. First, although Carter has not been popular in the government or throughout the country for his decision to gradually withdraw all American ground troops from South Korea over a five-year period, the fact is that most Americans would not support another war in Asia. Nor should they. The United States has no business supporting a country so lacking in human rights and with the dictatorial regime South Korea has. President Park Chung Hee, who came to power in 1961 through a military...
...Finally, Menuhin offers a felicitous exploration of his own supreme art, almost shyly, as though he hesitated to expose so personal an insight: The interpreter's duty is threefold. First, he must master the numberless muscular pressures which in every position on every string will produce every quality of sound. Then, having learned the phonetics of his language, he must put them together to convey a message, and to do this must have a fullness in himself to express before the composer's fullness finds a response. Lastly he needs an understanding of the composer's style, a corrective...