Word: tuned
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...true item of clothing in the new genre. It is an appropriate, conservative entry into the world of the racing stripe, because: a) the sweater was a gift, and b) the sweater is from The Gap. Still, it is a first step in the struggle to get back in tune with the times, a struggle I will fight with varying degrees of intensity for the rest of my adult life...
...Harvard Bookstore this afternoon, March 13, at 3 p.m. for a reading/booksigning by Willard Van Orman Quine, Emerson Hall's own living legend. Quine (rhymes with wine) is one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th Century, as well as a sparkling prose stylist and extremely brilliant guy. Tune in the following Friday, same time, same place, for a reading/booksigning by Daniel Dennett, M.I.T. philosopher and author of (among other things) Consciousness Explained. Creep on out from behind the Veil of Ignorance and enjoy the philosophical treats the Square has to offer...
This is most evident in Motian's frenetic "Fiasco," in which Allen's improvisation degenerates into seemingly random clusters of notes amidst heightened activity in the rhythm section. But Haden takes his most intriguing solo of the two sets during this tune, coaxing unworldly, industrial and percussive sounds from his instrument...
...addition, 10 ends rather abruptly. The final track, "It Hurts," standing alone, is an enjoyable tune; and with reference only to the song, its ending works well. But as the finishing piece of a CD such as 10, "It Hurts" is rather problematic. Perhaps the song was chosen to conclude the album due to its subject matter. The tune refers to the pain of endings, finishing by repeating the refrain, "It hurts to say it's over/It's sad to say it's gone." But this lyrical significance is tenuous at best, and on a CD of melodies, the final...
...Adolf Hitler was Germany's rising star. In 1932 he and his Nazis slipped back to the tune of 2,000,000 lost votes. His thunder was largely stolen by General Kurt von Schleicher, the new Chancellor to whom many a German looks as Man of Next Year." --Jan. 2, 1933 (weeks before Hitler became Chancellor), from Man of the Year profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt