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...G.O.P. its sweetest sweep anywhere in last week's election. Republicans seized both of Minnesota's seats in the U.S. Senate, took over the Governor's mansion and loosened the D.F.L.'s grip on the state legislature by gaining a tie in its lower chamber...
...season of celebration at Lincoln Center: not the opera this time or the ballet or symphony, but chamber music. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the smallest member of the musical circle, is observing its tenth anniversary in the grand manner of the Met. There was the four-tiered monument of a cake that was wheeled onstage at Alice Tully Hall during the first concert (with a slice for everyone in the audience afterward). An imposing, six-foot-long version was the focus of the society's "street fair" birthday evening on the New York State Theater Promenade. Musical...
...celebration might well be for all chamber music. Not so long ago, it was burdened with the image of four old men sawing away in rusty black suits. But over the past decade, as the performing arts boomed in the U.S., people discovered the intimate beauty of chamber music, and it burgeoned in popularity. On Dec. 10, it will receive the official blessing of national television, when Live from Lincoln Center (PBS) airs its first Chamber Music Society performance...
October 30, 1978--Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy steps down from the bench in the City Council's chamber during a hearing on the Red Line Extension project, and motions for Councilor Lawrence R. Frisoli to take the chair. Danehy leans back in Frisoli's seat, winks and is recognized by Frisoli. Standing, Danehy approaches two representatives from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority [MBTA], and begins accusing them of ignorance and deception in dealing with the citizens of Cambridge throughout their effort to extend the Red Line past Harvard Square. Danehy's voice begins to shake--he clenches his fists...
...Cambridge business community is also split into two camps. On the one hand, there is the pro-MBTA Harvard Square Business Association, a group heavily influenced by the more secure companies in Cambridge--the banks, the Coop and the theaters. Although Chamber of Commerce officials stress the non-partisan nature of their group, they also favor the extension plans. Both of these groups, says Danehy, are having the wool pulled over their eyes. The small-store owners on Mass. Ave. have taken the other side. They're worried about the 60-odd parking spaces on Mass. Ave. which...