...and Blair is just another Pilate

The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 20, 2005 ;   DOMINIC LAWSON;   708 words ......has occurred throughout history. Should we do what appears principled or what is politically expedient? Do you apply a utilitarian test or what is morally absolute?'' About six months after writing those words, Mr Blair was savaged by Cardinal Thomas Winning...

Comment: What will follow the `family' monarchy? John Charmley on the...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 20, 1997 ;   JOHN CHARMLEY;   787 words ......of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer. As the Thatcher era continued, all traditional institutions were required to answer the utilitarian test of "what is it for?", and the monarchy became as vulnerable as the old professions and universities. A "People's Capitalism...

AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 GRUELING DAYS AND NIGHTS/ YES, WE EARTHLINGS...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  March 25, 1999 ;     351 words ......can spend it as they darn well please. What's more, life would be dreadfully dull if every endeavor were put to a solemn utilitarian test. Piccard and Jones will now receive a $1 million prize and a couple of silver trophies for their remarkable feat. But it...

Introduction

Human Life Review;  October 1, 2001 ;   McFadden, Maria;   787 words ......sure are they that they lie far enough up the slope of human worthiness and usefulness to be safe from flunking the same utilitarian test they've imposed on the unborn?" We go next to two direct reflections on the terrorist attacks. Brian Caulfield, fast becoming...

Fidelity in form Claudio Bravo

Americas;  January 1, 2001 ;   Bach, Caleb;   787 words ......personal manner, and much the same can be said of his art, which is rooted in traditions of those Old Masters who favored a classical standard of beauty and worked slowly to reveal their subject matter with rational clarity. Bravo, now in his early sixties, has...

TWO GUITARISTS NOTEWORTHY FOR THEIR INDIVIDUALITY.(Local)(Concert review)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  January 13, 2007 ;     353 words ......swing. Barrigar, meanwhile, played with more of a bounce. On Bolero, Bennett showcased sophisticated note-picking for the classical standard; Barrigar featured intriguing pacing. On Dance with Me, Bennett took the Orleans' song to a stately level; Barrigar romped...

IN MEMORIAM.

The Southern Review;  September 22, 1998 ;     329 words ......many echoes since and a considerable influence among both poets and critics. Writing of Bridges's work, Don invokes the classical standard of mastery of form and of clarity, simplicity, and disciplined control of the emotions, and he goes on to characterize...

Bourrut Lacouture, Annette. Jules Breton, Painter of Peasant Life.(Book...

Nineteenth-Century French Studies;  March 22, 2004 ;   Katz, Wendy Jean;   787 words ......through the stylistic and critical terms of the period, in which academy-trained artists aimed to combine the beau ideal--a classical standard of beauty--with the study of nature. The effect was nature poeticized, or nature given style: often through a formula...

The overture that can damage your health.(Radio program review)

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  May 21, 2006 ;     294 words ......of personal endurance records (six performances in four days) and of how playing the piece was so dehydrating that no classical standard encouraged a quicker change at the end and a faster race to the pub. Of all the performances since its premiere in 1882...

Hemolytic bacteria in water from the dental air-water syringe....

Journal of Dental Hygiene;  March 22, 2002 ;   Mayo, John A. Villarubia, Christine Culotta, Jaime;   787 words ......whether water delivered to patients from dental units meets microbiological standards for potable water. (2,4,5,8,10) The classical standard for drinking water is the coliform count as an indicator for bacterial intestinal pathogens transmitted by the fecal-oral...

Styles of Enlightenment: Taste, Politics, and Authorship in...

CLIO;  September 22, 2007 ;   Douthwaite, Julia;   787 words ......of the philosophes' predicament. In his Lettre sur l'esprit (1744) as in other critical writings, Voltaire proposed a Classical standard of value--promoting epic, tragedy, and stern moralistic dramas that essentially rendered his own work irrelevant. After...

Arabesque

The Independent Weekly;  April 28, 2004 ;   Anonymous;   430 words ......Spanish guitar. The world of music was getting smaller as I connected more pieces. By recognizing this music as the highest classical standard in its genre, I became aware of an aspect of classically Western chamber music I never heard before. The intention of...

THE RULE OF THREE TRIO OF CREMES BRULEES, `THREE LITTLE PIGS,' AND OTHER...

The Boston Globe;  August 1, 2001 ;   Alison Arnett, Globe Staff;   787 words ......or three cookies with ice cream, not two. Trubeck says the uneven rule has to do with visual composition, not with any classical standard. The concept does allow chefs to "play with components," she says, and to offer different textures as well as tastes in...

Interview: Paul Meier discusses dialects done by some of this year's Oscar...

All Things Considered (NPR);  February 25, 2005 ;   MICHELE NORRIS;   787 words ......in these period pieces--you've got contemporary British children playing the period children in the Barrie play. And often there's a huge discrepancy between the more classical standard British English of the older characters like Julie Chri

Dancing group still has youth in its feet; The Satin Dolls based in St....

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 6, 2005 ;   Kentala, Molly;   438 words ......of their five outfits, a singer or accordion player entertains the audience, Maloney said. The Satin Dolls use all the classical standard tap dance steps and put on Vaudeville-style shows. It's such a pleasant way of volunteering, said dancer Trish Hazard...