Word: progressivity
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Aside from the somewhat indeterminate allusions to classical music, not a familiar melody was provided in the first set. Mehldau related that the compositions are all "untitled," perhaps suggestive of works in progress. This is not to say that the tunes were inferior, but indeed the trio seemed intent on making these songs as aurally esoteric as possible, with Grenadier's bass line rarely walking and Rossy's beat rarely metered. It never came off as pretentious, but nevertheless made for a challenging listen. Mehldau joked at the end of the set that perhaps only one melody would have...
...Congressional critics complain that the Europeans haven't met their financial commitments for the rebuilding of civil society in Kosovo, but the slow progress on that front may have more to do with the security situation than with funding. "There's no law and order, no judicial system, no functioning native police - it's a mess, and all of the peacekeeping forces are not making it work," says Calabresi. "It's not as if the U.S. is out there aggressively stabilizing Kosovo and pursuing nation-building. Congress isn't exactly pushing U.S. troops to go out and take risks...
...unwarranted assumption comes off better than the equivocator. He would deal with our question on Hume not by baffling the grader or by fencing him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all fronts. After all, Hume did not live in a vacuum...
...assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can speak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
...read that music can help coma victims, so I played a Linda Ronstadt tape, Canciones de mi Padre, for my dad. Not five minutes later, he opened his eyes for the first time in 22 days! That was in January. Now, four months later, he's making slow progress back. Though he still has the tracheotomy and feeding tube, he is breathing on his own. But the effects of the Aricept are beginning to wane: some days he recognizes me, some days not. He still can't walk. And sometimes he gets so angry at all the tubes, he tries...