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...rendition of the third symphony seems less calculated than that of its cousins, but the tension is not uniformly kept up through the inner movements, although I appreciate the subtle interplay between the inner voices that abounds in the second and third movements (including a wayward timpani mallet about 18 seconds into the second movement). While Haitink receives my praise for sustaining the momentum in the sublime cello theme of the third movement, I still wish that he had felt just a little more free to lose himself in its glory. Typically, he avoids excessively punching the off-beat accents...

Author: By Brian D. Koh, | Title: New CD Showcases Brahms | 8/5/1994 | See Source »

...with trips to the medicine cabinet, we are unsure whether he runs to the bathroom to get the drugs out of his system or vomit quantities of banal expressions. The dramatic risk is that, trampled under the recylced rhetoric of the world around him, Lithgow loses the innermost psychological tension of the play. Havel's subtle development (or un-development) of Leopold's character evades Lithgow, who remains confined by the circularity of the plays gestures and language...

Author: By Hugh G. Eakin, | Title: Loeb's 'Largo' Impresses | 7/29/1994 | See Source »

...timing and rationale of the decision are disputed by historians and other experts. Many feel Kennedy's commitment was a desperate political maneuver to lift himself out of the calamity of the Bay of Pigs and rally a nation nervous from escalating tension with the Soviet Union in Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Went to the Moon | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

...solution." To pursue it, the two sides will sit down to another round of negotiations, thus defusing what was fast becoming the most dangerous foreign policy challenge Bill Clinton has faced. The coming weeks could offer the last chance they will have for a peaceful resolution of the tension between them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As The Plutonium Cools | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

Graham Haddock, 77, then the Higgins plant superintendent, can still feel the tension of that June morning, even though the waterfront where he used to watch the landing craft take shape is home port to gambling boats and yachts today. "The news of the invasion came about the time we went to work," he recalls. "We wondered whether it was going to work or not. There was no feeling of victory at first. Not until the 10 o'clock radio news did we get confirmation that we had a toehold in Normandy. I got up and marked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home Front | 6/13/1994 | See Source »

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