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With limited opportunities at home, some promising Americans have packed their scores and set off for Europe. Dennis Russell Davies, 38, won praise as the leader of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra but left in 1980 to direct the Stuttgart Opera in Germany. James Conlon, 32, recently was named music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic-succeeding Zinman, who spent much of his early career in The Netherlands. Michael Tilson Thomas, 37, after an eight-year stint as the Buffalo Philharmonic's music director, now spends his time guest conducting both here and abroad. Perhaps the most successful...
...Anything that cuts the excise tax is worthwhile," Kathleen M. Conlon of Boston's North End said...
...bitter jest, Richard Conlon, staff director of the moderate-liberal House Democratic Study Group, sent out forms asking for an evaluation of the President's staff. Sample questions: How confident are you of the White House staffs judgment? How mature is the White House staff? Within a day, 160 forms were returned, filled out by House members and aides. According to Conlon, more than two-thirds of the returns listed Jordan as the least effective of Carter's aides. Said Conlon: "We did it as a spoof. The idea of a questionnaire is sophomoric...
...Mary Conlon, administrative assistant to the dean of Law and a member of the ad hoc committee, said yesterday women councilors had been concerned that the committee would want to place its own members on the commission, but that she believes such fears are groundless...
Francis advised students applying for Congressional internships to prepare resumes of past experience and enclose a writing sample. Conlon agreed, saying "What I keep seeing in resumes is an elaborate rundown of grades, hobbies, and other irrelevant info. What I'm interested in is relevant past experience, such as work in a political campaign...