Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...fact that Chopin had an extraordinarily original sense of the sonorous capacities of the piano. Without neglecting its inferent percussive qualities, Chopin wrote melodies for the piano as if it could actually sing and sustain sound. In fact, this is precisely what the piano does least well, since every note the pianist plays begin to decay instantly. The pianist, therefore, must give the illusion of sustaining sound, and for this he must call on a variety of resources: graduation of touch, suppleness of rhythm, and of course the pedal. The pianist has to be prepared to use the pedal very...
...Sovietologist Edward Crankshaw, who pronounced the manuscript "quite unmistakably" the former Premier's work and agreed to write an introduction. To ensure that the work appeared for what it was-material that Khrushchev had compiled without the benefit of formal research-LIFE explained in a publisher's note that the book came "from various sources at various times and in various circumstances." It also insisted that the material be referred to as "reminiscences," implying the informality of its preparation, rather than a "memoir...
...thoroughly canvassed the question and also taken note of the fact that the proposed policy may require the dining halls to curtail or stop serving lettuce in order to avoid increased student costs," Wiggins said...
...calls it giving them some "latitude" when the prosecution objects-and they have made good use of it to ask probing questions. Another FBI agent has been seated at the prosecution table since the beginning of the trial, working closely with prosecutor Walford in formulating questions and making note of certain testimony on the part of defense witnesses. His name is Thomas Moore, and he testified about the damage done in the office of the FBI. Under cross-examination, Suzi Williams pushed him hard about possible FBI investigation into an August 26 National Women's Day demonstration in Rochester...
...remaining candidates, the list must be seen only as a beginning, not an end. The list has been nine months in the making. For the most part it is the result of an arduous and painstakingly open narrowing of over 900 nominations. But it is important to note that many university search committees start with 23 names, and the Corporation's current plans to "go underground" for a final decision jeopardizes the trust which many have put in the Corporation's search to date...