When it did manage to load, we tested pinch-to-zoom which briskly resized the selected image and text.

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The sheer power of these accumulated forces can shake a listener to the core. (Two conductors are needed for the premiere, Meredith Davies conducted the main orchestra and choir, while Britten conducted the chamber orchestra and the tenor and baritone soloists.) Britten selected for his text nine poems by Lt.

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When he selected one, the text would instantly appear on the book's pages.

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