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...play by Goethe, the piece depicts the Dutch opposition to Spanish rule during the 16th century.From the first measures of the Overture, each section exhibited characteristics that would persist for the rest of the program. The strings, led by principals Alex Y. Shiozaki ’09, Kathryn S. Austin ’09, and Valerie Lee ’07, handled the opening chords with panache and provided a consistent foundation for the remainder of the concert.However, when the woodwinds entered soon after, intonation issues soured the tonal contrast, and were not completely eradicated until an emergency between-movement...
...have come to see Whole Foods as the repository of both their dietary hopes and fears--the place we can buy not only organic arugula but a decadent chocolate bar too. I have shopped at Whole Foods off and on since 1990, when I had a summer job in Austin, Texas, where Whole Foods began in 1980. If I was going to decide whether to buy organic or buy local, I figured Whole Foods' ceo, John Mackey, could help me. After all, he is vegan, and his politics lean libertarian, so he thinks hard about different paths...
...local nonorganic tomato before I would purchase an organic one that was shipped from California," he said. He called the two tomatoes "an environmental wash," since the California one had petroleum miles on it while the nonorganic one was grown with pesticides. "But the local tomato from outside Austin will be fresher, will just taste better," he said...
Presley Professor of Social Medicine Paul Farmer was awarded the $100,000 Austin College Leadership Award last night in honor of his humanitarian work in medicine. A founding director of Partners in Health (PIH), a medical charity with offices around the world, Farmer was presented the honor at the Belo Mansion in Dallas, Texas. He will use the money to help make up for disparities in the organization’s budget, PIH spokesman Andrew Marx said. Farmer’s method of treating patients with multi-variable tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, developed during his time at PIH, revolutionized the approach...
DIED. Dennis (D.J.) Johnson, 52, five-time all-star NBA guard whose speed and defensive radar propelled the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979 to their only championship, and later, with Larry Bird, pushed the Boston Celtics to four consecutive NBA finals and two championships; of a heart attack; in Austin, Texas. The man opponent Magic Johnson called the "best backcourt defender of all time" excelled in postseason games. His most famous play with Bird was in the last five seconds of Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Championship against the Detroit Pistons, in which Bird whipped Johnson the ball after...