Word: ture
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jason Miller stars as Cooper, and that is not a great deal of help. Miller's face is gouged by deep melancholy, but his hands wave about with abandon. He will begin to describe an elaborate ges ture, then pull his hand in close to his body. The effect is that of a man who has hailed a cab and then decided to walk home...
...nature's bitter ironies that spring-the season of rebirth-also brings an irresistible, destructive force that strikes terror into the hearts of all who have experienced it. That deadly force is the tornado. Last week, as na ture ran amuck, tornadoes struck with their full fury...
...Most important, Vespri contains a lot more good music than any but scholars would have deduced from its century or so of neglect. The over ture is more or less an orchestral favor ite. The first-act aria, "O tu, Palermo, " is a recital staple for basses. What a surprise, though, to discover the power of the quartet and chorus with which Verdi concludes the second act - a moment of grand confrontation in which every body perceives everybody else's seeming treachery. Or to find that Verdi has rarely written anything lovelier than Elena's farewell to Arrigo...
...terms of their self-image than any year in recent memory. The effect was dismaying as Watergate, pro longed economic malaise, sudden energy shortages and a general crisis of authority and trust lodged deeply with in the national psyche. In an odd and un welcome tattoo of accompaniment, na ture also wreaked a special havoc on the country for the second year running. Total damage for natural disasters in 1973 exceeded $1.2 billion. Federal funds ex pended to assist local governments and citizens in the 3 1 states plagued with nat ural disasters came to an estimated $750 million...
...There is, naturally, a wide choice of subject. The pictures were taken over a period extending roughly from 1850 to the present; the photographers include the likes of Pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron, Dorothea Lange, Cartier-Bresson, Brassa'i, Robert Doisneau, Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon. Szarkowski's pic-ture-by-picture text ranges from brilliant and supple observations to what can fairly be described as academic twaddle. People who take photography seriously will want the book because, even at his worst, Szarkowski takes photography very seriously indeed. $14.95 AND UNDER...