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Rather than playing a strict accompaniment, Metamorphosen took more of an environmental role. At times, they supplied the mountainous backdrop through which Trampler's determined melodies echoed. In other sections, such as the repeated ascensions that lead to the piece's towering climax, they became a rain-swept storm, resisting or propelling the soloist capriciously...
...Valentine's Day Dances--Friday at Eliot House, Saturday at Leverett--promoted the new-found acceptance of going solo, giving swinging singles not one but two opportunities to flaunt their freedom. Both dances charged $3/person or $7/couple, clearly discouraging the attendance of couples. Both had DJ's with the strict instructions to avoid slow, smooshy love songs at all costs...
...this sounds funny,'' he says, "but it was almost like being born into a royal family and being raised like a prince, being taught one day to become king. Not just how to be an athlete, but how to do things right." The Hill household in Virginia was a strict one: Grant's parents wouldn't even let him use the phone except on weekends. Hill went on to play for Duke University, where he led his team to two national championships...
...years. While Joe revealed a facility with money that was to make him a millionaire many times over on Wall Street, in real estate and in the movie business--and built almost as great a reputation as a womanizer--Rose raised her children with a combination of strict discipline, inspirational instruction and Irish charm. They brought her an astounding mix of maternal pride and grief: the eldest daughter Rosemary was retarded and was institutionalized in 1941. Joe Jr. was killed in World War II. In 1948 daughter Kathleen died in a plane crash in southern France. Then the world mourned...
...determined missionary as she rattles on about getting in touch with ``the essential self.'' Confronted with one of his respectable female friends, she asks, ``Have you considered Colour Counselling?'' When George makes an ironic reference to ``the child inside you,'' Katy corrects him with the scorn of a strict catechist: ``Within...