Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent campaign, he was the only senator up for re-election who voted against the Republican welfare reform legislation. And he didn't do it quietly. The former Carleton College professor got up on the Senate floor in a tirade, shaming his colleagues and promising those in the chamber (and political junkies like me watching on C-SPAN) that re-elected or not, he would travel to the most depressed neighborhoods around the country to focus media attention on the needs of the poor...
Moving into the center pavilion, Gates shows off what will be the library. A mammoth carved wooden dome hangs just above the floor, waiting to be raised into the cupola. (I wonder: Does this grand chamber dispel my fear that he will relegate print to museum status? Or inadvertently confirm it?) He has hired a New York rare-books dealer to stock the library for him. His current reading is eclectic. "On a recent trip to Italy," he says, "I took the new Stalin biography, a book about Hewlett-Packard, Seven Summits [a mountaineering book by Dick Bass...
...Classical). The classical-music industry is suffering from a dearth of star performers--so along comes McFerrin, famed for his otherworldly vocalese and infectious charm. He and jazz pianist Corea turn in original, joyous performances of the familiar A major and D minor piano concertos with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra...
...much changed. Republicans kept control of both the Senate and the House. In one way, that might be called a historic outcome: it was the first time in 68 years that the G.O.P. maintained control of both chambers through two straight elections. But though the margins remained in doubt late into the count, they appeared likely to be narrow enough to make "control" a bit of a misnomer. Probably the only sweeping conclusion the vote justified is that Americans by and large do not trust either party enough to give it full control of the government, or of Congress...
Instead, the soloists were ringers: BSO cellist Martha Babcock, Boston Chamber Music Society violinist Lynn Chang, and pianist Luisa Vosgerchian, Harvard music professor emerita. The soloists were, of course, quite good, especially Babcock, whose lovely tone compensated for the poverty of her themes. Chang was, if anything, a bit too thin--though this effect may well have been due to Sanders' acoustics, which make it difficult to hear at the extreme edges of each tier of seats. Vosgerchian, meanwhile, was a beatific presence, smiling and swaying joyously throughout; even what appeared to be a nasty fall...