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...most young pianists, the glittering path that stretched before him would have been the sheerest fantasy fulfillment. But for Pollini, there were two things wrong: it came too easily and too soon. He astonished musical observers by turning his back on celebrity, suspending all recording activity and curtailing most of his concerts. He returned to Milan for a few more years of musical study and reflection; he sought out the reclusive pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli for lessons; he read philosophy and pursued his passion for chess...
...form and presence are well exploited here, although modesty at one point combines with technical ineptness to produce an awkward effect. In a dream sequence, Antonelli appears, dressed in a nun's habit of sheerest gossamer, running toward the camera in slow motion. This affords a welcome opportunity to examine the female form in motion, a salutary study quickly spoiled by the sight of gauze, securely fastened by surgical tape, covering the actress's privates. Soft-core security measures such as this may destroy even the most innocent reveries, but conclusively demonstrate that Antonelli, underneath...
WELFARE. McGovern insists that Humphrey's $72 billion cost figure for his welfare proposals is "the sheerest kind of nonsense." But he has talked conf usingly about what they would cost, first claiming that the expense would be less than that of the current "unworkable mess" in welfare and thus mean no new burden for taxpayers. Later he conceded that, well, they might cost more...
...moment when pop culture, nourished by everything from hard rock to Prufrock, stood on a tiptoe of expectation. Could the eclectic age -borrowing everywhere from the Bible to Porgy and Bess, from Beethoven to the world of Hair, from the symbolic body and blood of Christ to sheerest humanism-shape an enduring musical tribute to human failure and aspiration, to divine inspiration and its loss...
...Young Winston set at Swansea, and the place was crawling with make-believe Churchills. There was Simon Ward, 28, playing Winston the war correspondent, Michael Audreson, 14, portraying Churchill as a schoolboy, and Anne Bancroft in the role of Winston's mother, Jennie. Suddenly by the sheerest coincidence some real McCoys showed up: Member of Parliament Winston Churchill, grandson of the great man, and his son Randolph made their appearance to watch the filming of a battle scene. Commented young Randolph during a lull in the sound effects: "I suppose they have run out of caps." . . . Halfway round...