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...Each reader fills out a sheet containing a few comments on the applicant and perhaps more importantly, a set of one-to-six ratings on the basis of his academic, extracurricular, athletic and personal qualities. It is four numbers that constitute the applicant's "profile" and provide a handy numerical system which can be used to compare even the most diverse pair of candidates...
...Collegium displayed the polished technique that has become the hallmark of Adams's choruses. Their tone was solid and well-blended; their diction was a model of properly popped consonants. Yet the performance didn't really get off the ground until well into the second half. Like a sonnet reader who calls attention to each iamb, Adams tended to emphasize the repetitive Baroque rhythms at the expense of larger phrases. Part of this problem can be traced to the widespread malady of the pick-up orchestra. This was the usual random group of instrumentalists thrown together to accompany a university...
...Your reader who recently wrote: "I don't want my son dumping his guts on Negev sand in the interests of Zionism"-and others who have repressed similar feelings-would do well to cool it. There has been no indication from either American or Israeli politicians that U.S. military intervention is even being considered...
Perhaps it was just as well to omit them all; until these appurtenances can be made to function effectively, the reader...
...while Anna is no Nordic fairy tale, it isn't social history either. Gronoset has kept his editorial intrusions to a minimum, and so the book reads more like fiction than journalism. Anna is her own story, and not of the world around her. It demands the reader's sympathy, not for Anna's sufferings, but for her attempts to live life fully and well...