Word: weak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This is the first record of a much publicized young man named Glenn Gould. He is a pianist with a fabulous technique, and his playing of Bach is truly virtuoso. Strangely enough, his one weak point is precisely where the piano should have the advantage over the harpsichord, in the ability to "sing" a melody. Gould never succeeds in achieving a cantabile style, but seems like a pianist imitating the sound of a harpsichord. While this record does not displace Ralph Kirkpatrick's superlative harpsichord performance, it is the best piano version of a masterpiece...
...squad's toughest match is against the University of North Carolina, perennially one of the most powerful teams in the country. Still weak from lack of outdoor practice and not yet used to the slow clay-court bounce, the Crimson hopes to profit from its experience in these two matches on April...
...team promises to be a harder hitting club than last year's for every starter will be able to hit, while last season's had a couple of very weak positions in the batting order...
Harris is the most improved player on the squad. As a freshman, Harris had a noticeably weak backhand and a tendency to try for the winner without setting it up first. Over the past two years he has developed steadiness, and his backhand is now one of his strong points...
...take work on a filthy herring boat-though not too big to take a steady handout from his wife's cousin Nettie. When he learns that his wife is pregnant, Billy gets desperate, tries to steal the money he is too weak to work for, and is accidentally killed.'-He goes to heaven, or anyway to some sort of celestial vestibule in which he meets a benevolent old book keeper who lets him come back to earth for just one day to straighten out his ethical accounts...