Word: baron
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...evening's tour de force is Act II of Tosca, with a lavishly bejeweled Galupe-Borszkh in the title role and the Hungarian baritone "Fodor Szedan" as her nemesis, Baron Scarpia. A much- brandished leg joint of a roast pig, a servant with an infectious body twitch and the wicked baron's narcolepsy (which becomes most pronounced during the heroine's stupendous singing of the work's signature aria Vissi d'arte) all figure heavily in a send-up that shatters every cliche in the trunk. Opera buffs can delight in spotting references to great, legitimate performances -- from Tosca...
...experience. Dissension was not afflicting the U.S. alone though. In Germany the Suddeutsche Zeitung last week put on its front page a classified wire sent to Bonn by the German ambassador to NATO, Hermann von Richthofen, a grandnephew of the World War I flying ace known as the Red Baron. His complaints centered on what he styled an arbitrary U.S. push to expand NATO eastward rapidly and to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia, which he said would strain the alliance "to the limits...
...Lawrence's troubled marriage into the main "character" of her book. Her excellent sense of pacing gives the story a dramatic edge and an cerie sense of inevitability. She brilliantly characterizes the writer's wife, the refined yet oddly primitive Friends von Richthofen, a relative of the infamous "Red Baron." Maddox writes wittily, "such was the woman lying in wait for the lonely, ailing, direction-less D.H. Lawrence.... He never had a chance...
...election; if not he may challenge Feinstein in the year 2000. Says TIME Los Angeles contributor Martha Smilgis, who covered the campaign: "He's just a sore loser. He lost almost $30 million of his own money. But keep in mind that his father (a Texas oil baron) is worth $600 to $700 million, and he wants his son to be President."Post your opinion on theElection '94bulletin board...
...1970s, children out for trick- or-treat stopped by the elegant N Street townhouse of Averell and Pamela Harriman. They were greeted by a maid in a white apron holding a silver tray full of dimes. How novel! The wealthy Harrimans -- Pamela was the daughter of a British baron, Averell a financier and former Governor of New York -- were handing out money instead of candy. But not a lot. The maid cautioned: "Just one dime each...