Word: superbeings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rubinstein trademark. What is interesting in this regard is not the pianist's limitation but the certainty that he will improve, that in time his Mozart will have the clarity and refinement it needs. On the basis of his spirit and energy alone, Rubinstein deserves his superb life...
...Promethean ambit of inter ests, its cultural diversity and kinetic verve, the city's heart sets the pace for the rest of the nation, and indeed much of the world. It is an unrivaled func tional framework for finance and busi ness, a rich lode of pleasure, a superb showcase for art, theater, music, fashion. At the same time, the "oceanic amplitude of these great cities," as Walt Whitman rhapsodized in 1870, has cast up a titanic tide of troubles...
...taste to violate and jilt the daughter of a comrade in arms, his subsequent fall. The performance, honed by five weeks of 13-hour-a-day rehearsals, was excellent. The starkly stylized sets and costumes complemented the jaggedly atonal score; the acting and singing were superb...
...film quickly rises above mere propaganda and becomes a fascinating piece of social documentary. The confrontation of an ancient society with the representatives of modern American life is captured permanently on the screen. A Choice I Made is a social document of first-magnitude. It is also a superb film...
ALLENBY OF ARABIA, by Brian Gardner. Lawrence of Arabia is more famous today, but Allenby of Arabia was a much greater soldier, or so Historian Gardner says, and he demonstrates the proposition with eloquence and scholarship in a biography of Sir Edmund Allenby that includes a superb description of his military masterpiece: the Palestine campaign that knocked Turkey out of World...