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...second episode (airing back-to-back with the first), Tony finds Meadow in the living room watching a video (the mob movie "Public Enemy") for homework with Noah Tannenbaum, a half-black, half-Jewish guy from her dorm; Tony pulls Noah aside and, smiling, tells the "charcoal briquet" to stay away from his daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'The Sopranos,' Round 3: Journey to the Center of Tony's Mind | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

Early in its 23-year history, the Lyric Opera earned the nickname La Scala West because of its incessant staging of Italian operas with Italian casts. The so briquet stuck, and today Founder Carol Fox, 51, has no regrets. "I just hope we're as good as La Scala," she says. As a child, Carol spent summers in Italy, soaking up the native language and music. In the role of general manager, she still returns there to audition singers. The indomitable Fox will be back next year even though her most recent reception was worse than a bad opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Seria Side of Opera | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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