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That idea led to the cherubic figure of William Christie, 44, a transplanted American with a passion for neglected composers like Lully. With degrees from $ both Harvard and Yale, Christie went to France nearly two decades ago to be a harpsichordist (he had been a student of Ralph Kirkpatrick), then founded a flourishing chamber ensemble called Les Arts Florissants, then became the first American professor at the Paris Conservatoire...
...purely ceremonial position. Rodriguez, who has headed the largest of Paraguay's three army corps since 1961, did not give him the opportunity. Stroessner's health and a brewing struggle over his successor may also have triggered the coup: the seemingly indestructible dictator underwent prostate surgery five months ago and has since shown signs of deterioration...
Over the past decade, as military dictatorships toppled throughout Latin America, Stroessner kept the army's loyalty by cutting it in on contraband, kickbacks and theft. A state of siege, regularly renewed and lifted only two years ago, empowered police to arrest thousands of opponents. Early in Stroessner's regime, critics were routinely branded as Communist subversives, often tortured and killed; in later years, foes were jailed or exiled...
...family discovered the hulking wooden chair in the basement one summer morning about 25 years ago. The arms and legs were deeply scarred from the heavy metal apparatus once tightly fastened to it. It was, I announced to my parents' horror, the electric chair, liberated the night before from the ancient and abandoned Connecticut state prison. The Chair was too big a prize for high school kids to pass up. Sitting in it brought my imagination to life, as if I were its next official guest. My teenage sensibilities told me this was something people should...
...Harvard's School of Education. Since 1986, he has been teaching high school math in the New York City public schools. His $30,000 salary is $5,000 less than he made in the private sector -- but $9,000 more than he would have made teaching math five years ago. Carlyle, 39, has no regrets. "Getting these kids through high school is much more satisfying than working behind a desk," he says. That kind of gratification translates into high job-retention rates. In the past school year, only 4% of midcareer teachers in New Jersey left the classroom after...