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Zimmermann 's Die Soldaten writes fine to a stark tradition...
...piano. Paradoxically, Robbins is most, and least, successful with his extended bagatelle in the second movement. Into a vivid world of women - the girls in dark red, Calegari and Kistler in brightest white - Robbins suddenly injects the dark, powerful presence of Mel Tomlinson, effecting a stark, dramatic contrast. He then spoils the mood by having Tomlinson and Calegari dance a lazy, dull pas de deux...
...states like Maryland and Virginia, where busing has been widespread, officials predict the legislation could promote re-segregation. On the local front, if expected challenges to the constitutionality of the legislation fall short, the impact of Helms' initiative could be even more stark. More than half of the 35,000 Boston students who are currently bused to school ride more than 15 minutes--raising the spectre that Boston would have to retrench dramatically on its widespread desegregation plans...
...walls of Anne Gorsuch's spartan Washington office are hung with tasteful, unobtrusive pictures of wildlife, as befits her role as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her enemies, who are becoming legion, suggest that more suitable decoration would be stark photos of toxic waste dumps, polluted rivers and smog-choked cities...
Poland in the past year and a half has taught the world a lesson that is both stark and undeniable: as a means of organizing an economy and providing for the well-being of a citizenry, Communism is a failure...