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...overwhelm the listener. He shouts "I'm not guilty" like an incantation to dispel the ills the world flings at him; his colleagues ponder their response to the supposed inspector-general's arrival with the cacophonous murmur of an elderly Orthodox Jewish congregation praying at different speeds. Richard Grusin's nasal, rotund Director of Welfare Institutions and Eric Elice's contortionist Superintendent of Schools, especially, transform this group into a human array of deformity who physically mirror their own insides...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Gogol's Grotesque Mirror | 5/27/1980 | See Source »

Harvard chose not to send a representative to the Council meeting, although Graham had informed Edward S. Grusin, assistant to President Pusey for Community Affairs, that the resolution would be presented to the City Council at last night's meeting...

Author: By Jefferey L. Baker, | Title: Riverside Resolution Fails To Obtain Council Backing | 6/15/1971 | See Source »

Schifrin epitomizes the outlook of a new school of conservatory, or college-trained, Hollywood composers. Among others: Leonard Rosenman, 44 (Fantastic Voyage); Dave Grusin, 35 (Winning); Jerry Goldsmith, 40 (Planet of the Apes); Quincy Jones, 36 (In the Heat of the Night). They use jazz, pop and rock as freely as the latest serial and electronic techniques. Like Henry Mancini, who started the trend toward mod sound in the late '50s, they know when to support the plot if the characters are of secondary importance, and vice versa. Schifrin has a deft jazz touch that only Mancini and Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Composers: Cool Hand in Hollywood | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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