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...emphasized by the liner notes, Le Sacre continues to challenge our imagination not only because of its dissonant sound but because Stravinsky destroyed "the tyranny of the bar line." From that famous thirteen beat F-flat and E-flat seventh polychord in the "Auguries of Spring" to the 3/16, 2/16, 3/16, 3/16, 2/8, 2/16, 3/16, 3/16, 2/8, 3/16, 3/16, 5/16 alternation of meter in the "Scarificial Dance," it's all about rhythm. Because rhythm is so dependent on tempo, it is particularly crucial that Le Sacre not be languished upon for its unique sound at the expense of its intricate...
Rhode Island is one of thirteen states in which the death penalty is illegal. Chidester warned if Massachusetts passes the death penalty, it will create a domino effect...
...Thirteen years ago, Acting Director of Women's Studies Ann Pellegrini `86 shopped 'til she dropped...
Shaved heads have become a fashion trend. Nearly 14,000 seats for the Jan. 16 inaugural party at the sports arena were gone in little more than a day. Jesse action figures are on order. Business has picked up at Navy recruiting centers. Thirteen hundred business leaders gave Ventura a standing ovation. A college crowd yelled for a band to get off the stage so the Governor could come out. The World Wrestling Federation rushed out a commemorative video titled The Mouth, the Myth, the Legend. And a capitol lobbyist said Ventura doesn't have the foggiest notion how government...
...elements, but it also has its negative ones, and I was shocked that no one at this forum strongly suggested that self-segregation is a bad thing. Self-segregation, even when it is self-imposed and "positive," keeps people apart. For example, I am in a blocking group of thirteen, of which eleven of us are white, nine of us are Jewish and all of us are from well-off families. I don't know how such self-segregation happened, but I lament it. I wish my circle of friends were more diverse, not simply to "season the rice...