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...Beyond that, Jerusalem knows full well that even moderate Arab leaders will not tolerate another extended period of no-war, no-peace without progress toward a settlement. Yet the Israelis seem to think that time is on their side and that they will benefit from the fact that the tempo of negotiations is bound to slow down as Washington heads toward an election year. "God is on the side of the patient. Impatience is a sin," said Allon last week, quoting an Arab saying, not least of all because of the possibility that a pro-Israeli Democratic candidate like Senator...
ANALOGIES BETWEEN music and language are intriguing, and when they are treated as metaphors they can even be useful. But Bernstein wants to prove a point, and he pushes his analogies too far. He believes that music is a universal language, not because, as third grade teachers explain, tempo markings are in Italian, but because all music shares certain structures in spite of the obvious variety in the music of different cultures...
...music is what keeps Jim MacLaine (David Essex) together, in part be cause its ragged, incessant tempo catches the cadences of his own anger and confusion. Jim is the son of shopkeepers...
...thing, Gregg's voice was gone, replaced by Betts's plain, unpretentious vocal that weaved in and out of songs so that you hardly noticed the transitions--a bluegrass voice, nondescript. The music itself was still rock--as up-tempo as ever, built around solos; more lyrical and melodic, but essentially structured in the same way. Yet the tone is utterly different--after listening to Betts for a while, even though one's usual appetite for complexity and energy is what's responding, it's impossible to endure the old relentless rock--it sounds fatiguing, heavy...
...which Davies warned the world against the imminent dangers of demon alcohol, while keyboard man John Gosling tinkled the ivories in such a fashion as to mock good-naturedly the somber scenario Davies tried to conjure up. The song's crapulous ambiance was supported by the sluggish, drawn out tempo of the Dixieland horn section and Davies's possibly unintentional slurring of the lyrics (by that time he had quite a bit to drink). Since the previously established snail's pace of the tune did not lend itself to a final ritard, the tune did not lend itself...