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...However, HRZL [Harvard-Radcliffe Zionist League] Co-Chair Shawn Aster '92-'93 said the intent was to 'express solidarity with the state and people of Israel...
However? Is there some essential difference between the remarks of Garmaise and Aster? Everyone who participated in Israel Solidarity Week's events on Monday and throughout the week showed support for the state and people of Israel...
...panel members emphasized that the risk of contracting an AIDS infection from donor blood is quite remote. "You have a greater chance of dying from the anesthesia," noted Dr. Richard Aster of the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin. Stanford University Statistician Lincoln Moses estimated that about 120 AIDS-infected samples slip into the blood supply each year, out of a total of 12 million units donated. Since each pint donated can be split among two or three recipients, as many as 360 people could receive AIDS-infected blood each year, though how many will develop the disease is unknown...
Ultimately, though, these isolated moments are not enough to make The Confidence Man into a coherent operatic whole. By focusing on China Aster, composer and librettist have made the character of the Confidence Man (Baritone Brent Ellis) into a supporting player. Whenever they include other episodes from the novel-principally a scene in which the Confidence Man bilks a barber out of a shave by appealing to his trust-they needlessly distract attention from the main drama. The story of China Aster is not enough; the full story of the Confidence Man would be too much...
...best observation on the opera's difficulties comes from none other than Melville. The heading of Chapter 40 of The Confidence-Man reads, "In which the story of China Aster is at second-hand told by one who, while not disapproving the moral, disclaims the spirit of the style." The grimly humorous spirit of Melville is missing from the opera, with nothing substantive to replace...