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...those of other countries. But that solution is no longer available, because Italy swapped the lira for the euro, which has risen against most other currencies, including the dollar. "We used to say small is beautiful, but that's no longer true," says Adalberto Valduga, president of the regional chamber of commerce in nearby Udine, the provincial capital. While the strong euro is penalizing firms, he says the real challenge is a more fundamental one: "We need to change our way of thinking." The International Monetary Fund agrees. It recently castigated Italy's economic policies and said the nation...
...character’s suffering in their simple styles. The mother’s dress was the piece de resistance, a frumpy black robe that evoked a pelican in its stuffy folds.The music, compiled by Dorin, is fundamental to the show. Although the mix of late twentieth-century Soviet chamber works and Chopin is overwhelming during the initial “Isle of the Dead” sequence, its more delicate application to the interludes between the scenes of “Pelican” is particularly well done, supplementing the haunted quality of the work. “Pelican...
...Baroque Society Orchestra, which is—according to Early Music Society president Michael V. Givey ’06—the only orchestra of its kind at an undergraduate institution. In addition, the three Holden Choir choral groups perform early music pieces on a regular basis.The Chamber Singers, a subgroup of Collegium Musicum, is currently under the direction of Emily C. Zazulia ’06 and has focused on fifteenth and sixteenth century music this year. Zazulia says she has enjoyed introducing unfamiliar material to a new audience: “It is wonderful...
...down the politicians-are-so-lame road, it's worth noting that every once in a while, there's a signal moment, like Bill Clinton on Arsenio, when candidates catch up to the communication culture. With the viral success of the Dean campaign and the echo chamber of blogs, the 2004 cycle was full of such moments. In 2008, be prepared for the next stage, a combination of encounters with the future and the past. And what they will have in common is a personal touch. "From now on," says Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Ken Mehlman, "a smart candidate...
...members, mainly Republicans, have suggested that the real solution to lobbying reform is fixing the budget process so Congress isn't doling out money for individual projects in congressional districts, that's highly unlikely to happen. Tom Coburn, a freshman Senator from Okalahoma, has already become one of his chamber's more unpopular members by repeatedly going to the floor of the Senate and deriding his colleagues for all the money they bring back home to their districts and states...