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...Baroque opera the voices have primacy. Some musicologists feel that the instruments have been overemphasized in contemporary performances of Baroque opera. Says Christoph Wolff, chairman of the music department at Harvard...
...Christoph Wolff, chairman of the department, addresses the piano issue more specifically. "We do have quite a number of pianos, although not all of them are in the best of shape," he says, adding. "We are about to improve the situation and rebuilding is in effect...
...leftist crowds repeatedly rioted against the all-powerful U.S. It is instead the increasingly widespread belief, even among many of America's traditional friends, that U.S. strength has declined so much that Washington can no longer be relied upon as the leader of the Western alliance. Says Christoph Bertram, director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies: "In the past the U.S. has been the undisputed leader, but the U.S. that emerged from the 1970s was no longer always willing to provide this leadership, and even when she tried, she was no longer able to command...
...superpower?one of two?with worldwide interests; its allies are regional powers with commensurately limited interests. Says Christoph Bertram, director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies: "The attitude toward an international problem on the part of a medium and small power is to seek to live with it. The attitude of a superpower is to seek to change...
Given such a staggering array of imponderables, what policies should the U.S. follow in Iran, Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area? In an interview with TIME Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, the director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (liss), Christoph Bertram, argues that once the American hostages have been released, the U.S. should ignore Iran, isolate it, and try to curtail its influence on the Gulf states. Many of America's allies agree. British diplomats, for instance, are convinced that the Iranian Ayatullah Khomeini's Islamic Republic in its present form will not outlive...