Word: waywardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
...moral judgment can be broken, surely the next step is to fix it. "If the abnormality is in a discrete part of the brain that uses a specific neurotransmitter, we could develop a drug treatment," suggests Dr. Snyder. It might even be possible to devise exercises to fortify wayward judgment, just as a stroke patient can benefit from occupational therapy. Another possibility: a prenatal test -- abort the psychopath...
...second scene introduces Charles as the wayward parasite of the "mystic" John. During this scene any faith we may have had in John's psychic powers disentegrates because he explains all of his tricks to Charles. We learn that psychics actually are fruads, that this innocent woman is being taken in by these heartless...
...North Carolina an airman hacked his wife to pieces, wrapped her remains in plastic garbage bags and stored them in the refrigerator. In Hawaii a sailor killed his baby daughter, stuffing her into a duffel bag and tossing her into Pearl Harbor. A soldier in Germany, angered at his wayward spouse, decapitated her G.I. lover and placed the severed head atop his wife's nightstand...
...Gorazde. Rather, the focus is still on somehow convincing the Serbs to come back to the negotiating table. The flaw in this strategy is manifest: why should the Serbs negotiate when they can take their prize at very low cost? The West still insists on treating the Serbs as wayward youths rather than the war criminals they...