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...begins I've Loved You So Long, a finely modulated and totally absorbing first film by Philippe Claudel, who is better known, at least in France, as a novelist. In a few minutes her sister, Léa (Elsa Zylberstein), arrives to conduct Juliette to what amounts to her new life - as a guest in Léa's home, which consists of Luc, her grumpy husband, two adopted daughters and Luc's father, who is unfailingly cheerful despite the fact that a stroke has rendered him mute. It's an inherently awkward situation, rendered much more...
HRO’s first concert this season will be held on Oct. 31 in Sanders Theatre. Yannatos will conduct his final concert with HRO on his birthday, March...
...other citizens, reserve the right to freedom of speech and expression. However, this liberty does not justify any behavior in the classroom, especially if it comes at the expense of students’ best interests. Just like employees in any other sector, teachers are held to certain standards of conduct: A teacher cannot spend science classes expounding on the merits of creationism or turn a history period into an advertisement for Scientology while hiding behind the shield of free speech. Similarly, a teacher should not be permitted to create a classroom climate that alienates certain students. While political buttons...
...Indeed, despite the notoriously rigid rules of conduct enforced at the IMF and other international organizations, the dramatic economic situation appears to be dampening any enthusiasm for seeing any more lofty heads fall. Especially in France, rumors are swirling that the initial press leaks of the Strauss-Kahn investigation stemmed from Russian and American rivals who covet his position and fear the French Socialists would favor an inordinately rigorous approach to regulating the global finance system. Nevertheless, some suggest there is little appetite within the IMF for an extended period of uncertainty over its leadership...
...unique combination of romanticism and contemporary styles, united by the passion running though each of the works. The concert opened with Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 6,” subtitled “Pathétique.” Having never seen Levine conduct, I was surprised to see him sit down to start the symphony, and I worried whether he would be able to convey the deep emotions Tchaikovsky poured into his work. The composer’s last piece before his unexpected death in 1893, “Pathétique?...