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...example, he said that they fired married tutors Sean Gallagher and Aida Vidan in an underhanded manner last year for an undisclosed reason. Nevertheless, Kane said that he did not speak up then because he believed the masters were acting in the best interests of the House...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Fired Tutor Sends Angry Mass E-mail | 6/3/1997 | See Source »

...Aida happened to be good friends with this Ukrainian student [who] sued Eliot House, and [the House] lost money and were bitter about it," he said...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Fired Tutor Sends Angry Mass E-mail | 6/3/1997 | See Source »

...Philadelphia five years ago, he began to woo young professionals. Presto!--a brand new event called the Puccini-tini, a martini-tasting bash. A Junior Guild, for people under 35, offers a package of dinners and discounts plus a chance to try out as a spear carrier in Aida. It may sound corny, but it works: in the 1990-91 season the Philadelphia had 3,099 subscribers; today the number is 7,190. The Seattle Opera takes a more radical approach, giving its young group members a discount on tickets--but the percentage of discount goes down every year. Seattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPERA: SUCCESS IN EXCESS | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

...elemental part of the Persian New Year celebration, which occurs on the first day of spring and lasts for thirteen days. The goldfish in the pet shop is expensive for the family's rather modest income. But with the help of her brother, the little girl, Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani), convinces her mother to buy the fish for their New Year ceremony...

Author: By Amir Zarrinpar, | Title: Sample, Sweet 'Balloon' | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

...Academy screening committee is in for a treat, for the film is fresh and beguiling. Seven-year-old Razieh (Aida Mohammakhani) is determined to buy a pretty white "dancing" goldfish she saw in a nearby shop. Reluctantly, her mother gives Razieh a 500-toman note, but the little girl loses the money. It has fallen into a sewer grate, tantalizingly out of reach. In dramatizing her efforts to get the money back, the film shows that no one can want anything as much as a child does. No one can be so desperate, endearing, selfish. Razieh is a maven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: BALLOON STORY | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

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