Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Glimacher, who is head of the Pace Gallery, said he and Nevelson chose Harvard as the site for the approximately 12 foot high contemporary sculpture in memory of his father-in-Law, Summer Z. Cooper...
Glass's next operatic opportunity came in 1978, with a $25,000 commission from the city of Rotterdam for Satyagraha. Glass decided the work would be sung in Sanskrit, a mellifluous, vowel-rich language, to a text drawn from the Bhagavad-Gita. As his subject he chose Mohandas Gandhi's early years in South Africa, during which Gandhi developed his philosophy of nonviolent resistance. If the elemental Einstein was Glass's breakthrough, the gentle, serene Satyagraha was the first major work of his mature style. By poignantly transforming a flute line from the second scene into Gandhi's eloquent apostrophe...
...with another boyfriend, a musician named Steve Bray. Kamins played it and got great response from the disco crowd for a song called Everybody. Madonna's career began to gather momentum, and Kamins at one point thought she had agreed to let him produce her first album. Madonna instead chose a professional producer, Reggie Lucas. "At the time, I felt stepped on," says Kamins. "But I don't think there's a mean bone in her body. Maybe a mean knuckle but not a mean bone...
...Kilty chose to do double duty in this production; in addition to directing, he has also taken the part of the over-educated Spanish rogue, Don Armado. Most actors will attest that directing oneself is a big mistake; Woody Allen does it, but Allen is a genius. Kilty...
...Reagan chose to treat the Senate vote as a triumph. Coming home from Europe Friday afternoon, he stepped off a Marine helicopter onto the South Lawn of the White House and exclaimed to a welcoming crowd of more than 100 Government employees, salted with luminaries like Treasury Secretary James Baker: "How sweet it is to return to a 50-49 Senate victory for spending restraint and no tax increase!" He insisted that if zero real growth in military spending is inadequate to protect the national security, "I will not hesitate to request, and the Senate leaders have assured me that...