Word: finality
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Berman's thesis, The Evolution of Tonal Thinking in the Works of Claude Debussy, was completed in 1965, and he was awarded his Ph.D. that June. He feels that "Debussy was the final rupture from classical tonal thinking, although this break was prefigured and prepared by nineteenth century practice as far back as Beethoven. Wagner didn't make it the way Debussy did. While the concise structures of eighteenth century tonality seem almost irrelevant to the Wagnerian rhetoric, Wagner still relies on the concept of smooth progressions. Debussy's progressions are classical period. Nevertheless, Debussy does not deny tonality...
When pressed to reveal in greater detail the progress of his Vietnamization program, the president refused to specify a date for the final withdrawal of American troops. He repeated that he would continue to withhold the information as long as the Paris peace talks continue...
Fish took the next six points and the third game, and after the break he rushed to a 5-0 lead. Pelletier tied the game at 9-9, but Fish recovered and won the final six points...
...faculty of the Social Relations Department met last night but failed to reach a final decision on a proposal by R. Freed Bales, professor of Social Relations, to make the Social Psychology wing of Soc Rel a separate academic department...
...closest contest of the day came at number one, where junior Dave Fish rallied to sweep the final three games of a four-game match against Amherst's Mike Pelletier...