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Onstage, he cuts a splendid figure: blond and handsome, with impossibly blue eyes, an athletic carriage and an assured, commanding presence. His distinctive, honey-rich, seductive lyric baritone voice is equally adept at the histrionic demands of opera and the more intimate sentiments of lieder. He is in demand at the world's great opera houses, has made dozens of recordings and in his native Germany has had his own television show. Along with his colleague and rival Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, he has long been regarded as a leading German baritone of his generation, and possesses a more beautiful...
What can be said with certitude about Andropov is that he is a master politician, adept at the behind-the-scenes maneuverings, and patient coalition building that made his rise to power possible. Few of the contenders for the succession labored under more formidable handicaps. Leonid Brezhnev, wary of Andropov, opposed his police chiefs ambitions. But Brezhnev's first choice, Andrei Kirilenko, fell ill or was disgraced last year. Then Andropov gradually undercut the heir apparent, Konstantin Chernenko, a longtime Brezhnev crony who was vulnerable because he lacked both experience and political pull...
...Adept at playing the crucial "hole" position in front of the opposition's goal, Fasi usually leads the team in scoring. Guerra tends to play on the offense's perimeter at left wing...
...more subtle shifts involve regionalism, ideology and experience. A continental population shift disclosed by the 1980 census created 17 new seats in the South and West, mostly taken away from the Northeast and Midwest. That was once expected to help Republicans, but Democrats proved more adept at the fine art of gerrymandering, and so they won nine of the new Sunbelt districts. Regardless of party, however, the shift in the regional balance of power will inevitably affect the way the new House squints at the nation...
...other two Harvard defeats turned out to be more depressing, especially a 15-2, 15-3 drubbing at the hands of Eastern Nazareth. In a match that look only 31 numbers to complete, Harvard performed so lifelessly it virtually defeated itself. Against ENC not an extra-ordinary adept squad. Harvard commented several unformed enemy by serving poorly, hitting inconsistently and letting balls drop to the court between confused spikers...