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Rudenstine said that though he is notpersonally involved in the Harvard investigation,he will "continue my level of intense interest.I'm going to stay very closely abreast ofanything...
...door. A lack of coatracks forced members to dump wraps on the floor. At each session, task-force leaders would present their progress on, for example, the emerging benefits package. Magaziner would listen, ask questions and nudge members in the direction he wanted. Magaziner kept the Clintons abreast of progress, and the President sometimes invited individual members over for briefings in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Tollgates would go on for 10 or 12 hours, sometimes 16, break for three or four, and then resume, often late at night. The process reached an absurd point when a tollgate...
...concerts and coffee mugs -- that devotees of the King would appreciate. There are performances to his memory in places as disparate as Argentina, the Czech Republic -- Slovakia, India, Britain, Japan and the U.S. -- so many that the Leonard Bernstein Society has issued a calendar of events to keep fans abreast of all the action. In anticipation of the festivities, Sony Classical has been releasing over the past year what it modestly bills as the Royal Edition of Bernstein's recordings -- a 119-disc set drawn from the old Columbia and CBS catalogs. Each CD cover is royally adorned with...
Michael spends nearly a third of his time on this side of the Atlantic as well, keeping abreast of the U.S. musical scene. He finds the dual citizenship stimulating. "What I want to do is bring to our musical coverage the European perspective that culture is a part of life, not just something one buys a ticket to." Living in Europe has made Walsh more appreciative of the high standards of music performance in his home country. This week's story reflects his opinion that American orchestras are the best in the world and his confidence that they can survive...
...deportation -- roughly the same number as those trapped in Srebrenica -- confronted Nazi troops in a final, hopeless battle. Back then the outside knew little and could do less about what was afoot. But the horror of the last days of Srebrenica could not be ignored by a world kept abreast of every twist and turn in the bloody Bosnian conflict. Despite a hardened stance forged in an emergency Security Council session on Saturday night, the guardians of the much touted new international order appeared at a loss to bring a definitive end to a war that has already claimed...