Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...success in this kind of music, and in composing in general, he added, "is to learn music at the very first from the ear, not from the note." Schools should teach music students to "stretch their ears," to be creative and to "internalize" sounds instead of just writing them down, he said. However, he concluded, "we are today turning out a tremendous number of improvisors who are robots...
When the doors open at 10 each morning, the hopeful come crowding into what looks like a hall of mirrors, jostling for places at gambling tables and slot machines that seem to stretch to infinity. Grimly determined to beat the odds, the players have been pouring huge amounts of money into the casino's coffers. This is Atlantic City, and it is booming beyond the most optimistic expectations...
...Bobby gathered himself up on the mound, his flabby thighs knocking around as he worked into his stretch-looking like he knew what he was doing -- and kicked and threw his arm around across his body very fast ("remember to snap your wrist" the coach always said) and popped the ball from his hand. It arced high high high and Foster, deceived by the apparent force of Bobby's wind-up and throwing motion, started to swing too early. When he saw the pitch bloop, he checked his swing and tried to begin again. But his feet were already crossed...
...writes a note that might have been minted for the Me Decade: "The Cult of the Self presupposes either optimism or a dilettante's attitude toward life. Both nonsense. Do not select a life, but make the one you have stretch...
...sued has become the American way of life, as court calendars stretch out like Depression breadlines. Months, even years, can pass before a suit is heard, much less appealed or resolved. So the achievement of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is rare and laudable. While the backlog of cases piled up in the ten other U.S. Appeals Courts has risen since 1974 from 3,757 to 8,243, for the fifth year in a row the Second Circuit will have disposed of all cases that were ready for a hearing...