Word: statics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...formlessness is Maxfield's most glaring flaw. In order to integrate chance into form, Maxfield cuts his tape into short segments which he then fits together without plan. In Peripateia either these segments were too short or the original tape had no contrasts. I felt that the piece was static and monotonous because it lacked 'events'--that is, a sequences of random happenings that would give a sense of succession of ideas or moods. At its worst, Maxfield's music has an over-blown, almost Mahlerian grandiloquence...
...also maintained that some economic forecasting tools were unreliable, Emphasizing the importance of approaching economic change as a process occurring during a period of time, she charged that a static view could not adequately explain the causes of economic conditions...
Only the music, watered-down jazz composed by the Modern Jazz Quartet's John Lewis, is static. Christensen, however, likes it. "We wanted jazz in the proper element." he says. "The Creation does seem to work in nicely...
Taking off almost as much paint as he put on, Hofmann managed to achieve the magic he wanted. What could have been static and graceless chunks gradually assume life, like slow-motion dancers in a solemn ballet...
Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University: I would expect the economy to show some improvement by autumn or the end of the year. But there is a need for Government pump-priming - unbalancing the budget - until private investment overcomes its static condition...