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America has always held an attraction for France, for its explorers, its navigators and its youth. French names bear witness to an ancient presence: Detroit, Cadillac, St. Louis, Louisville, Baton Rouge, New Orleans. More recent history associates us directly with the War of Independence and the birth of the American nation: Lafayette, Rochambeau, De Grasse, D'Estaing ... You are celebrating a Bicentennial that also marks 200 years of Franco-American alliance and friendship. The United States and France have never opposed each other in any conflict. They fought side by side in two World Wars. "There...
...hammered at his issues, Reagan's following grew. His acting experience served him well. He was punchier, funnier, more dramatic than Ford, yet at the same time he seemed cooler, more professional and dignified than the President. Unlike Ford, he usually refused to kiss babies or buss baton twirlers. Last week in Nebraska and Louisiana, he stood back as enthusiasts held up infants for a smooch, explaining: "I come in contact with so many people in the course of a day, and there are so many strange bugs going around." Groused a disappointed father in Shreveport: "Damn...
Richard Kogan '77, piano, Tamara Mitchel, soprano, appear in solo with the St. Lowell in the Fields Orchestra under the baton of Gerry Moshell. Brahms's Second Piano Concerto, the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, and Brahms's Lieder. Lowell Dining Hall, 8:30 p.m. and repeat performance...
...Perahia laid aside his baton for a Steinway. He was 25, short on experience, and well aware that he needed a competition success to make a name for himself. Fighting nausea all the way, he won England's important Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. That brought him 50 performing dates and a contract with Columbia Records, which had not signed a new pianist since Andre Watts in the mid-1960s. His concert fees started to rise. (He now makes $5,000 per engagement...
...women lost the meet, 64-54, after a fumbled baton forfeited a commanding lead in the last leg of the 440 relay. A victory in the relay would have tied the teams at 59 points apiece...