Clive Gillinson, the artistic and executive director of Carnegie Hall, explained in a recent interview that one goal of these festivals is to balance the impression of the United States as a major exporter of culture.
"In what can be seen as an attempt to balance the impression made by his silent prayer at the security barrier outside Bethlehem, Francis also made an unplanned visit to a memorial to Israeli terrorism victims on Mount Herzl," it said.
A hefty fillet of red snapper, its skin nicely crisped, made a strong visual impression, balanced on a bright red slab of tomato confit, but the fish itself was bland.
This is needed to balance the impressions from random magazine reports and/or prejudiced points of view obtained from strong believers or opponents of CAM.
I mean the wines from the Mosel and their bigger brothers from the Rhine that have some residual sugar but are so beautifully balanced that the overall impression is of exhilarating refreshment.
By this point I hadn't slept for three days, had had quite enough of doing a sea lion impression balancing on that infernal ball, and caved in.
It gives the impression of being balanced, and smart people like it," Shaheen said.
Evidently, budgets don't balance themselves, which is why the Conservatives had to sell off a bunch of government-held shares at a discount, and move a bunch of money around in order to give the impression that they balanced the budget.
On writing "A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life".
So on balance, the spot does seem to be balanced — but maybe tilted toward an impression that women are more interested in Sunday Styles than men.
