Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Ancient Sparta is under the rule of the demonic tyrant Lykourgos. He has made Sparta a brilliant military state, but it has become flabby with prosperity. The Helots, an oppressed race used as slave labor by the Spartans, have started an uprising against their masters. Sound familiar so far? That's about as far as contemporary parallels go. Lykourgos has forced the complete redistribution of wealth in Sparta, and set up communal dining halls where everyone regardless of rank eats the same food. He has established a successful communist state...
...taught in Harlem during the depression," she said. "Then in a middle-class school, in Jackson Heights. Some of my black students were brilliant, some not. They kissed me goodbye-each of them-every single day. And now-something has happened. I get letters from friends who still teach-little six-year-old attack them in class...
Like Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, the Barenboim and Du Pré team proves that the sight and sound of two brilliant artists conquering continents hand in hand has a magical allure all its own. But there is far more to these players than such allure. Today Jacqueline's cello playing is a marvel of tonal beauty and instinctive emotion, backed by a prodigious technical grasp. As aurorally mellow as the late Emanuel Feuermann, as powerful of phrase as one of her former mentors Pablo Casals, Jacqueline is one of the most eloquent and soulful cellists alive...
...concertos Nos. 17, 20 and 21 are still too bland and bloodless. This year's set of the complete Beethoven 32 (like his current Tully Hall cycle) has weaknesses, notably a prevailing glibness in the remote, mysterious late sonatas. But his approach has deepened to provide brilliant moments, poetic tone painting as well as intellect. Clearly, Barenboim is working on his problems. As he puts it disarmingly: "You don't get better at music by not playing...
...Crimson, overconfident and looking ahead to Wednesday's crucial clash with B.U., played a sloppy first period, while the Big Green got brilliant goaltending from sophomore Peter Proulx and scrappy hockey from its sophomore-laden squad for a 2-1 first-period lead...