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...occasionally gave his notes unsteady attacks. If the problem was due to excess energy, it's excusable: few violinists have so able a bow arm as Oistrakh had. In addition, Kremer's tone seemed to run sharp now and then. Perhaps he was rattled by losing a string from his bow during the lick...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--When USAir Flight 1016 flew into a down-draft during a thunderstorm, it felt as though "you were suspended from a string and somebody dropped you," a pilot testified yesterday...
...When I saw the rapid decrease in airspeed and felt the very severe sinking of the airplane, it was... it was... very noticeable. Something you would never forget," Hayes said. "It's as if you were suspended from a string and somebody dropped...
Case in point: last season. The Crimson had one of the best goalies in the east, junior Jessica Milhollin. It had a stifling defensive backfield. It had a skilled string of halfbacks. And it had some slick-passing forwards. Still, it faired poorly in the win-loss department...
...drama at the National Theater of Cuba, called A Wall in Havana, speaks eloquently of the country's dilemma. As the play opens, a couple lives separated by a wall: she is an arts director for the government with a string of important titles; he is a photographer living for the moment with few possessions. He -- representing the people -- yearns for her, despite having found a young lover. She -- the government -- is enticed by a young love but rejects him. In the end, he is alone, using a pickax to batter at the wall. On the other side, she pulls...