Word: baton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mexican man and woman, who were transporting 21 people in the back of their rusty pickup, does have many of the key ingredients of the King arrest: a high speed chase, prolonged use of force by officers after a suspect had collapsed, and a videotaped recording of every baton blow. However, says TIME's Sylvester Monroe, that is where the similarity ends: "It is not Rodney King in terms of the reaction of police officials. Riverside Police have already publicly expressed their embarrassment and immediately suspended the police officers. There is no attempt to cover up, to make excuses...
...appointed; in rehearsal, players must learn to deliver, say, a richer string sound or a brassier brass. That's why what is going on in San Francisco is creating such a buzz in the classical-music world. It has been just six months since Michael Tilson Thomas inherited the baton from the sober Swede Herbert Blomstedt, but already the San Francisco Symphony has undergone a transformation. Woodwinds dance merrily, the brass resonates nobly, and the strings speak as one; overall, performances crackle with newfound vigor...
...place in Mahagonny. Craig Hanson, Paul Lincoln (Bank-Account Bill), Bob Grady, Kirk Bangstad, and the women's chorus were all quite strong, but the men's chorus left something to be desired. The orchestra was superb and almost never overwhelmed the singers on stage. Under the skillful baton of music director Steven Huang '95, they moved effortlessly through a constant barrage of varied tempi and wildly disparate musical styles...
Ironically, in what may have been the most disappointing performance of the weekend, Harvard's 400m relay team was disqualified after the baton was mishandled in the exchange between Williams and freshman Lee Shearer. However, the blunder will not prevent the relay team from competing in the ECAC Championships this weekend, an invitational meet at Boston University...
...York City. Not only did Lewis pull the New Jersey Symphony from obscurity to national prominence, but he also brought it to the parks and gyms of America's ghettos, working-class neighborhoods and suburban towns. Lewis conducted nearly every major U.S. orchestra, breaking racial barriers with each baton stroke...