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...City's Lincoln Center last week, Raymond Leppard gave a brisk downbeat and drew forth the majestic D that opens the "Haffner" Symphony. In doing so, he began the gala observance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 235th birthday. He also began an unprecedented Lincoln Center extravaganza: to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death by performing during the next 19 months every note he ever wrote...
CHEERS (NBC, Nov. 8, 9 p.m. EST). While The Simpsons and Cosby try to clobber each other, this hardy perennial has quietly passed them both and grabbed the No. 1 ratings spot. Tonight the barroom gang marks its 200th episode with an hour-long special featuring talk-show host John McLaughlin...
Vermonters tend to be crusty, idiosyncratic and, above all, independent. After the Revolution, it took them 14 years to decide to join the Union. So with the 200th anniversary of statehood at hand, it seemed reasonable to stage a series of debates on whether the time had come for the Green Mountain State to declare its independence. The Vermont Statehood Bicentennial Commission selected political scientist Frank Bryan of the University of Vermont to argue for seceding from the Union and State Supreme Court Justice John Dooley to argue for staying...
...nation's 302 Roman Catholic bishops were in a celebratory mood last week as they met in Baltimore to mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the first American diocese. But their deliberations quickly turned sober as they confronted thorny problems that dominated the agenda. Among their actions: a response to AIDS that urges compassion for those with HIV infection -- and strict chastity as the only sure way to avoid the disease -- but sidesteps the bishops' earlier qualified toleration of condom education; a reiterated call for a Palestinian homeland and security for Israel; and a stepped-up antiabortion campaign...
This week Von Raab, 47, leaves office with an encouraging prod from Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady. Treasury officials say Brady asked Von Raab to be gone late Monday, after he presides at a ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the Customs Service...