Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...army's support will be crucial in bringing the new regime through its first months. Until recently Franco could count on the army to support his most repressive policies. But since Franco's first illness, a reform movement has developed among middle level officers. The generals remain old-style fascists--Franco's companions in arms during the civil war--but these officers, most of them drawn from the middle class, have professional grievances about political favoritism and demand radical democratic measures...
...split in the ruling elite coupled with the disaffection of the middle classes and the army leave slim possibilities for a smooth transition to stability under a Western-style political system. Whichever faction controls the government in the next few weeks, these conflicts will undermine any compromise and will propel the situation leftward. Though in the short run Juan Carlos and his rightist puppeteers have the initiative, in the long run the future of Spain depends on the actions of the left...
...equally uncomfortable in front of her. He must complete The Gambler in order to pay off debts left him by the death of his brother, and he has decided to dictate the novel rather than writing it himself. For two days he is immobilized by the new style of operation, but within a week he is at ease with Anna. Each night she tallies the number of pages they have completed and gleefully reports the progress they have made. Within a couple of weeks they have fallen in love. In four months they are married...
...both bigger and better looking, but though O'Brien speaks and moves smoothly, he doesn't have the physical presence to do justice to the part. In contrast, Tony Horowitz as Norman and Diane Sherlock as Shelley are marvelously convincing caricatures. Ethan Dmitrovsky plays Willis the landlord Archie Bunker-style; his dream monologue is the most haunting moment of the play...
While an undergraduate at Dartmouth, I had the opportunity to stage manage Sir Georg Solti's Chicago Symphony Orchestra for three years in a row. On one occasion, Sir Georf and I talked at length about his style of conducting. He said that economics in movement was essential in the presentation of fine music. "Anything else," he said, "detracts from the concert and the music presented there...