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...While Taiwan's feisty voters look increasingly likely to use their presidential election to contest the notion of "one country," a growing chorus of voices in Hong Kong has begun to demand more political autonomy in the name of "two systems." The mainland has come to expect and prepare for periodic flare-ups from Taiwan, but repeated episodes of political unruliness in Hong Kong have caught Beijing off guard. The tactics it's using to keep the former British colony in check only seem to strengthen support for its opponents. Last summer, when the Hong Kong government tried to introduce...
...wish came true at the Adelaide Town Hall on Wednesday night with the world premiere of Peter Sculthorpe's Requiem for orchestra, chorus and didjeridu. For nearly 60 years, this Tasmanian-born composer's music has resonated with the sacred quality of nature. The Requiem is his masterwork. Based on an old Aboriginal lullaby, Sculthorpe's soaring choral work is punctuated by weeping cellos and grounded by the majestic hum of soloist William Barton's didjeridu, suggesting the long horizon of the Outback...
...counting, just keeps on coming. So many said "I do" in city hall last week that the marriage of Rosie O'Donnell to her longtime partner Kelli Carpenter became just one more nuptial, though maybe the one that attracted the most photographers. The city's Gay Men's Chorus all but went hoarse singing The Star-Spangled Banner and Chapel of Love to an endless line of couples, with assorted children and parents and friends cheering them on. "When you have the opportunity to watch and hear a ceremony, you feel the real passion, the solemnity, the commitment," says Susan...
...lyrical sensibility. The album reaches full force at the moments where these elements combine most finely; “A.I.M.” (not related to our favorite electronic pastime) begins with a coarse industrial beat, develops with Yorke-like, dreamy lyrics and peaks with a driving, distortion-saturated chorus and sweet lyric hook. “Promises, Promises” expands from a straight-ahead power riff, introducing altered chords and electronic ambience to achieve a more engaging result, and, along with “New Toys,” has real FM radio appeal. The album?...
...crimson red last week as the university's Committee on College Life approved the campus's first student sex magazine. Its co-founder, Camilla Hrdy, a junior, told the Harvard Crimson that the formal committee got "past the fear of porn." But after a spate of publicity and a chorus of shocked responses, the university reconsidered and now says it won't fund the magazine. Even so, Hrdy and sophomore Katharina Baldegg plan to bring out the publication--dubbed H Bomb, campus lingo for the powerful effect Harvard credentials have on suitors--in May, in time for commencement...