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...bulk of the second half of the concert consisted of an awesome performance of Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2, the "Concord" Sonata, by Stephen Drury. The work is an unquestioned landmark in contemporary music, and is mammoth both in length and in conception. The four movements, or rather, intellectual portraits of Emerson, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and Thoreau, are linked only by two brief themes, which are often interwoven into unrecognizable form. While the latter half of the sonata is more tonal and thus more accessible, the work presents an extreme challenge both to the listener and the performer...
...that they don't recognize the enemy, but they only describe ways to escape him, or at best fight with his own weapons, the profit motive and buying power. The book describes the methods that have been used by preservationists (documentation, recognition as a "historic landmark," zoning laws, real-estate clauses). But this time the catalog does not speak to the Dodgers fan, only to the philanthropic patron of the arts--because, as the authors admit, "the only way to save or rejuvenate old buildings is money." They recognize that "built into the current economic system are a number...
...issue, since such an amendment has little chance of passing. It must be approved not only by two-thirds of the Senate and House but by three-fourths of the states. Yet twelve states had already passed laws approving abortion in one form or other prior to the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision allowing abortion on demand up to the third month of pregnancy...
...NAACP has fought so many landmark court cases that brought us where we are now," Martin said. "Without them, where would we be? By protecting the NAACP, we're protecting our own rights," he added...
Died. Howard W. Smith, 93, courtly, conservative former chairman of the House Rules Committee; in Alexandria, Va. During his 36 years on the Hill, Smith helped lead Southern Democratic opposition to liberal legislation, from the New Deal to the Great Society. In an attempt to defeat the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, Smith added "sex" to the provision that banned job discrimination; when the bill passed anyway, it paved the way for thousands of lawsuits brought by women for equal employment opportunity...