They were a subdued pointillistic chronicle of the day's dark news.

它们是流水账，详尽记录着当天发生的悲剧事件。

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But more often they were a subdued pointillistic chronicle of the day's dark news: …middle-aged man jumped off bridge where the body fell to the flower bed: died on the spot.

但更多的则是流水账，详尽记录着当天发生的悲剧事件：中年男子从大桥跳下摔倒花床上，当场死亡；

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Mr. Spears, a young, New York-based postminimalist composer, matches the spareness of Ms. Moshiri's text with luminous, pointillistic writing for his five-piece chamber orchestra.

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