Word: america
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...November run of the Boston Lyric Opera's La Traviata marks several firsts. This is most importantly the first show of the 1998-99 season of the Boston Lyric Opera, which now in its 22nd year is considered to be the fastest-growing opera company in America. This new season is also the first time the company is performing at the lavish Shubert Theater (usually reserved for touring Broadway companies), right next door to their old venue, the Emerson Majestic. This is also baritone Hector Vasquez's debut on the BLO stage after four seasons at the Metropolitan Opera...
...consciousness of the contemporary political times. The famous Hemingway character finds that dealings with the contra-contras and the contras are not so very valiant or elegant as one would imagine. Much like the dealings of the government in the Reagan years with Nicaragua, Boyle points out that America is as unsuited for the revolutions in Central America as Robert Jordan. Unfortunately, America and Robert Jordan both tangle with Central America, and both times the result is disastrous...
...Pluralism Project began in 1991 with the goals of documenting "who's here," how their religious traditions are changing in the American landscape and how America is changing in light of the new religious diversity, Eck said, and her CD-ROM speaks to each of these goals...
...includes a map highlighting religious organizations across America, a list outlining America's many religions and their traditions and descriptions of America's encounter with religious diversity, among other things...
...events continue tomorrow, when the societywill hold another call to prayer on the steps ofWidener Library at noon and present a speech byGSAS doctoral candidate and Islamic Societygraduate adviser Taha Abdul-Basser. Abdul-Basser'sspeech is titled "Projection, Perception andOrientation: The Muslim Presence in America," andwill be given at 4:30 p.m. in Emerson 103.CrimsonMelissa K. CrockerVERY INTERESTING:JOSEPH BOURGHOL '99examines a poster in the Science Centerpublicizing Islam Awareness Week yesterday...