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...pack the house. In Marilyn Home, singing the pants role of Rinaldo for the first time, the company has a guest performer who not only can go easily from velvety mezzo caresses to sparkling high soprano fioriture, but also has the sheer power and poise to make the music conform to her character's needs. Home sings as though she has never had a finer, more rewarding role. That comes close to being the case. Mezzos have an abundance of supporting parts, often villainesses, in their repertory (Amneris in Aida, Ortrud in Lohengrin), but few star vehicles. Home...
...disease or mental defect." In a refinement of both rules, the Model Penal Code of 1962-now essentially the rule in 20 states and most federal courts-bases the test on a defendant's lack of "substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements...
...Basically, though, I didn't think in terms of black and white at Harvard before I came because in my country, whites are in such a minute minority, and can be sent away anytime if they don't conform to the government's attitude and way of doing things...
...They're seeking out people with less of a social conscience," he said. "Over the past few years there's been a decline in [black] people's belief that they owe something to the people that really got them here--the black community. "Those that they're bringing in conform to a lot of what Kilson wanted--more middle class, and less interested in the community...
...ethnic groups: why, for example, a large number of Irish-Americans live in poverty in neighborhoods like South Boston while others sit on the boards of major corporations or in the White House or even in the United Nations. Similarly, if a group advances because its behavior and attitudes conform to social norms, it's difficult to explain the economic and political power of the Sicilian Mafiosi, who never went to college, joined the Rotary Club, or read Robert Dahl...