Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result of the jump, McNulty found himself by the walls in lane 4, but he quickly moved back into the running before handing off to Murphy, whose hands were already full with the task of catching Georgetown's Kevin Byrne...
...Mingus uses black music's most elemental instrument as a figure for the history of his music. This work is more ambitious than successful; Joe Chambers and Steve Gadd join longtime Mingus drummer Dannie Richmond in the title roles, but even these skilled musicians are not up to the task Mingus has set for them The personalities of the three drummers do not come across in the dynamic way that the piece demands. Still, the composition is strong; the dark, winding ensemble sections are executed with great panache, and the rotating half-dozen horn soloists maintain a tension that rises...
William Dubin is such a man. A biographer, he has taken on a study of D.H. Lawrence and is having great difficulty fathoming the man. Lawrence's character is alien to Dubin, and the task becomes an uncomfortable wrestling match, paralleling Dubin's own struggles with his sexuality, his darker side...
...Another task Bazargan faces is securing for his provisional regime the power still held by the shadowy Islamic Revolutionary Council. This secretive group, which is believed to be composed of high-ranking Shi'ite leaders and a few civilians and led by Khomeini, amounts to a parallel government, one that has not always bothered to let Bazargan know what it is doing. The Prime Minister was embarrassed last week to learn that without his knowledge, four more of the Shah's generals had been executed after being convicted in a secret tribunal authorized by the council. Worse...
...raised serious questions about the effect of Iran's Palestinian connection on the oil politics of the Middle East. The Khomeini regime has already announced that Iran will no longer sell oil to Israel. But what else will it do? The P.L.O. announced last week that the first task of its new Tehran "embassy"-located in what had been the Israeli mission -will be to persuade Iran to impose a stringent boycott against Israel, including a blacklisting of all foreign firms that do business with Jerusalem...