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Junior Parent's Weekend is supposed to make you feel good about Harvard. When it comes diversity they need to try a hell of a lot harder. Con amor, Vero

Author: By Veronica Rosales, | Title: Letter From an Irate Latina | 3/6/1993 | See Source »

...Andante Con Moto" (1992) began the evening. It is a series of 14 variations on the slow movement of Beethoven's "Appassionata" sonata, with an optional opportunity for an improvised cadenza before the final variation. The theme itself is not stated anywhere in the piece, and one catches only a few glimpses of it throughout--an occasional dominant seventh chord, or the five-note descending scale that concludes each half of the Beethoven movement. Rather than indulging in much direct quotation, Rzewski's variations preserve certain abstract qualities of the original. Beethoven's registral disjuncture, for example, is taken...

Author: By Carl J. Voss, | Title: Composer Rzewski Performs Three Personal, Searching Pieces | 2/11/1993 | See Source »

...looked like a con man, I mean he really did," said Thammongkol. "I was really mad at myself when I realized, because I should have known...

Author: By Scott Sheffield, | Title: HUPD Arrests Man In Science Center | 2/6/1993 | See Source »

Ochoa also said she hoped Asian-Americans would learn to "take money out of their pockets and give con- listently [to political causes]." She said that professionals,' doctors and businesspeople living in the district she represents are particularly reluctant to become politically active...

Author: By Eon KYU Shin, | Title: Asians Urge Political Action | 2/5/1993 | See Source »

...realism of Edward Hopper paintings. Five Oaks is a town where history no longer takes root. Industry is elsewhere. Spirits too have up and gone. People have dusty backgrounds and odd occupations. A Palmer neighbor is a retired airline dietitian; a young woman describes herself as a Con-Tact-paper decorator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where God Is Curious | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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