Word: careers
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Curtin has premiered more operas than any other American soprano. Her career has included frequent appearances with the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera and Milan's La Scala Opera Company...
...BEGINS "The Silky Veils of Ardor," the last song on Joni Mitchell's newest album, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. Throughout her career, Mitchell has been traveling--a hitcher, a wanderer, a tourist, a pilgrim with no destination. Her albums are not so much a chronicle of her travels as a portrait of the traveler. And the traveler is slowly, sadly, desperately slipping away...
Throughout her career, Mitchell has blurred all the ways of enjoying life--love, lust, escape, delight--into the word "dreaming." In the title cut from Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Mitchell is still looking around, still trying to lose herself in dreams, in Hell. The song has a dark feel to it, almost predatory, with a driving beat punctuated by sinister, percussive bass notes. Mitchell sings that the serpent in her cannot be denied. But neither can the antithetical pull for clarity and simplicity, for the innocent child within...
...Missouri, Powers had to shell out $5,000 in escape money and take out a three-year promissory note for the remaining $50,000 at 9% interest. Powers, a onetime defensive back for the Oakland Raiders, views the move to Missouri as a boon to his career, however costly it may be. Says he: "The coaching profession is a very precarious one anyway. The same people that love you will fire you. But I'm sure going to read my contracts a bit closer...
...onetime hero of the New York Jets made up his mind: he had thrown his last N.F.L. pass. "It was no fun being second-string quarterback," said Namath, 34. But, he quickly added, "I have no regrets." He spoke briefly of the leg ailments that plagued him throughout his career. "I remember after my first knee operation, right after I signed with the Jets, my doctor told me I'd be lucky to play four seasons." He played 13. In Vince Lombardi's estimation Namath was "an almost perfect passer." In Joe's own words last week...