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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Given the good intentions of microbrewers, one might expect all of their products to be delicious. But a tasting of 13 varieties purchased in the New York City area proved this is not quite the case. Among the most disappointing -- because they lacked flavor or because of unpleasantly sharp and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Roll Out the Barrel | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

At first glance Nixon seems an unlikely subject, treated by an equally unlikely trio of Harvard graduates. Composer John Adams, 40, a minimalist of burgeoning popular appeal, had never written an opera before; Poet Alice Goodman, 29, had never written a libretto; and Director Peter Sellars, 30, was notorious for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Stagecraft As Soulcraft | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

Adams, who a decade ago was writing minimalist essays in broken chords and chugging rhythms, has evolved a more flexible, conventional tonal language, fleshed out with references to past masters (Debussy, Beethoven, Richard Strauss) and even Glenn Miller, as the dramatic situation demands. There has always been a theatricality about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Stagecraft As Soulcraft | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

The most eagerly anticipated musical premiere of the year takes place in Houston: John Adams' opera Nixon in China.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page November 9, 1987 | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

PHOTOGRAPHY: Michele Stephenson (Associate Editor); Mary Dunn (Special Projects); Richard L. Boeth, MaryAnne Golon, Rose Keyser, Julia Richer (Assistant Editors); Linda D. Vartoogian, Helen Eisenberg (Administration); Carmine Ercolano (Operations) Researchers: Dorothy Affa Ames, Martha Bardach, Anne Callahan, Stanley Kayne, Paula Hornak Kellner, Polly J. Matthews, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith- Alam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead November 9, 1987 | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

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