Word: transcender
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Appealing Melodies. Rachmaninoff's composing style, like his playing, was undeniably showy at times. Further, the substance unquestionably fell short of great music. Rachmaninoff s muse simply did not have the requisite universality; try as he might, and he did try, he could not transcend for long the monochromatic lugubriousness of his emotional palette. Yet his sound is so distinctive, his melodies are so appealing, his orchestrations so skillful, that Rachmaninoff's music simply will not go away, despite the condescension of academia and the critics. He may not have written music "of his own time" (assuming serialism...
...historical novels tend to entertain, distract, and pander to escapist tendencies. Certainly Vidal is a good enough writer to produce generally competent work, and when Vidal chooses to write an historical novel, he is likely to write a good one. But there is no reason to expect him to transcend the boundaries of the field...
Only in two sections does Cosell transcend himself and write informatively about something else. Carpetbagger sports owners are the subject of one of these parts, heavyweight boxing--with emphasis on Muhammad Ali--of the other...
...maintaining surrounding areas of unspoiled natural beauty. Laurance Rockefeller serves on state and federal commissions, including recent task force on land use and urban growth. His philosophy: "Land-use planning is essential to environmental quality and good urban growth, and to this end, the public good must transcend individual property rights...
...Radcliffe crew, an Yntema, a Crimson baseball juggernaut to temper and minimize your loss, to fill the vacuum left by characters that no longer thrive in Cambridge. And most importantly, you may yet produce, in the vague and limitless four years apportioned you here, people and teams that will transcend the memories and ghosts of the departed.HESS YNTEMA...