Word: begin
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...extraordinarily original sense of the sonorous capacities of the piano. Without neglecting its inferent percussive qualities, Chopin wrote melodies for the piano as if it could actually sing and sustain sound. In fact, this is precisely what the piano does least well, since every note the pianist plays begin to decay instantly. The pianist, therefore, must give the illusion of sustaining sound, and for this he must call on a variety of resources: graduation of touch, suppleness of rhythm, and of course the pedal. The pianist has to be prepared to use the pedal very sensitively in order to realize...
...half a century later, the couple is still together. This, tradition tells us, is a fact worthy of celebration. Fifty years of marriage-a phenomenon. What does one make of that? How can we begin to understand...
Dessert has come and gone. The final rites-toasts and speeches-are about to begin. Sid Lotenberg, at the end of the table, is the emcee. He stands up, attempts as best he can to get a semblance of quiet, and asks the crowd, "Does anybody know what was happening...
Campaign GM will begin organizing the Harvard campus in January. "We'll ask for an opportunity to meet with men other than Mr. Bennett." Mr. Esposito noted. "We hope to bring our proposals to the entire community, and this is why student support is so essential...
...seaside resort. And Jack (Ralph Richardson), moving painfully to the table, smiling slightly, asking if he may sit down-is that what a lunatic looks like? Not until Jack asks Harry "How long have you been here?" and the second man, wounded, stammers, "Oh. . . a couple of. . .," do we begin to realize where they are. And what they are. For Jack and Harry are on the margins of life. Their lives are over; all they have left is time. As they talk, pulling up events from pasts that have detached from the present, looking off mistily at futures they know...