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...Beethoven Concerto No. 5 in E Flat, "The Emperor Concerto." Hugh Wolff is a brilliant pianist, and proved it throughout the piece. From the opening ritornello, introducing all the themes, he provided the orchestra with terrific energy which did not lapse in the entire first movement (the longest Beethoven ever wrote). The recapitulation was a great moment of artistry--both pianist, conductor, and orchestra demonstrating the origin of the word "concerto" in the Italian "to strive with". Each section of the orchestra was at its best at the end of the first movement...
...Longest Day. By now, the other parts of the final agreement were falling into place. Richardson gave way on his earlier insistence that the Vice President admit that he received illegal payoffs. That major concession showed how eager not only Richardson but also the President was to get a settlement, for the White House had been kept informed of the negotiations at every step. Agnew's lawyers also backed off, agreeing to publication of the full weight of the evidence that the prosecution had assembled (see box following page...
...next day, Spiro's longest day, included a luncheon meeting of New York builders. Even on the brink of ruin, Agnew could not resist opening with the bitter jest that he had considered holding a "provocative discussion on the relationship of architects and engineers to the political fund-raising process." Later in the afternoon Spiro Agnew met as Vice President with President Nixon for the last time. For 40 minutes, the two men were alone in the Oval Office, sitting in chairs beside the fireplace beneath a painting of George Washington. When they were done talking about the bargain...
Agnew began his longest week already persuaded that sooner or later he must try to get his case before the House of Representatives because, he claimed, the constant leaks from the Justice Department had made it hard for him to get a fair trial in the courts. In two press conferences since the investigation was announced Aug. 6, Agnew had lambasted the leaks, demanding that Richardson locate the culprits in his department and dismiss them. Richardson said that he could not trace the leaks; Agnew's staff felt that he would not. When Peter Malatesta, one of Agnew's aides...
...atop a moving platform for medical examinations. The return of Skylab 2 Astronauts Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott was in fact so subdued compared with past homecomings that it did not begin to do justice to their remarkable accomplishment: they had just completed man's longest voyage in space...