Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much more is necessary to raise a performance beyond this simple level. The introspective Chopin Ballades demand an affinity for the unique style in which they were conceived. This is a stiff order for a young pianist but he must--through coaching or through other methods of consciousness expansion--steep himself in the nineteenth century romantic tradition. Indjic, did not show sufficient feel for rubato--the subtle expansions and contractions of meter. And he also lacked a discriminating taste for the shifting counterpoints--phrases, fragments of phrases, even single notes--which must be emphasized as well, to project an interesting...
...fertile than the mothers of 30 years ago (88 babies for each 1,000 women of childbearing age v. 76 a generation ago). Nor did he hold the Pill solely responsible; the drop in births during the '20s, before today's sophisticated contraceptives were available, was equally steep...
Insurance companies say they are losing their savings, too. Despite the steep rise in premiums, the industry colors itself a bright red. In ten years, physicians' fees have gone up 39% and hospital costs 92%. Weekly factory wages have risen 42%, boosting lost-income settlements. Typical repair bills have climbed more than 50%. As a result, the average bodily-injury claim is up 31%, the average property-damage claim...
With her son leading the way, Mrs. Gloria Goodman ran across the back yard, down a steep embankment to the edge of a small stream where the boys had been playing. Kenneth was nowhere in sight. But two snarling German shepherds and a stray boxer were. The dogs lunged. Mrs. Goodman kept them at bay with a rake, and Gene scrambled onto the limb of a fallen tree to escape their fanged jaws. "Don't let the dogs get me," he pleaded...
...markets, to be sure, have some excuses-though they almost invariably deny that there is even the smallest price or quality differential between neighborhoods. Overheads are higher in the slums, a result of such things as pilferage and steep insurance costs. There is also less competition, the final arbiter of price. Slum residents, who lack the mobility of suburbanites, are generally stuck with one or two stores-or the choice of going hungry...