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...program continued with Henri Dutilleux's Symphony No. 2 from 1959, "Le Double," for large orchestra and chamber orchestra. Here was a symphony embodying many of the most favored textures and planar forms in this decade's classical music. When one considers that Dutilleux, who walked onstage to accept an ovation after the performance, was once a contemporary of Shostakovich, the character of his work becomes all the more remarkable...
Before adjourning for its summer vacation, the House spent the week passing a series of bills that a patently aggrieved President Clinton has threatened to veto. The chamber approved a dramatically pared-back social-spending bill for next year; the measure nixes more than 100 programs and contains many controversial directives, including one allowing states to deny Medicaid funding of abortions in cases of rape or incest. The House also passed a landmark bill that would broadly deregulate the telecommunications industry. And the g.o.p. leadership succeeded in reversing an earlier vote and steering through a measure that would strip...
...commentators--and concluding that a camera lens does far more than just behold. Those who have been inside the Simpson courtroom note how lawyers have learned to turn their back to the camera when exchanging jokes and smirks. And though joking persists even after Judge Lance Ito enters the chamber, solemnity rules once the camera begins to roll. Even home viewers perceive the impact as they monitor Marcia Clark's Di-like makeover, with hair that's gone from shaggy mane to Madison Avenue sleek and a once frumpy wardrobe that now rivals Grace Van Owen...
...that hasn't condemned the June 25 election as fraudulent, has claimed victory. But the results are not yet clear. The hand-tallied count due out last Saturday still has not been released, and, according to partial results available early today, about half the seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies are due for August runoffs. Aristide, whose term ends next February, cannot succeed himself, but has said he might run again in 2000.TINDER BOX? Insiders say that the Port-au-Prince mayoral election results are so explosive that public reaction to them could jeopardize national stability, TIME...
...machine gun had a bullet in its chamber and nine more bullets in its magazine, according to police...