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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...physically, upon the stage. A small carillon played arpeggios to accompany L'Allegro's "O let the merry bells ring round," near the end of Part I. The bells were beautiful, but unfortunately rather too loud and bright, and overpowered the richer tones of Brandes. Very effectively used, by contrast, were the cello solos which broke up the different airs and recitatives of Part II, and which twice exchanged echoing dialogue with a warbling Saffer. The cellos, too, seemed not to be standard, modern cellos, but rather like those of Handel's time, having a much thinner, more delicate sound...
...Salient speech, by contrast, will focus on human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese government...
...contrast, the Million Woman March was organized entirely at the grass roots level and publicized by word of mouth and the Internet; but as a result, few people other than those who attended the event had even heard of it. It is further evidence of the resilience and strength of the female black community that so many women turned out to march in the drizzle, especially in the absence of extensive media coverage and powerful black American leaders...
Experimentals and ultralights, by contrast, are often built by the pilots themselves, which shifts the liability to the owner and cuts insurance and labor costs sharply. As a result, these flying machines cost from a few thousand dollars to $30,000, in contrast to $100,000 or more for a conventional aircraft. "Before these planes came along," says police sergeant Bruce Talbot, who built and operates his Long-EZ in Bolingbrook, Ill., "flying meant you had to be a rich...
Encouraged by a few studies supporting the idea, Marina Middle School principal John Michaelson organized all-girl and all-boy classes for the first time last year. In contrast to the monastic approach of some private schools, like the Catholic high school Michaelson attended, Marina doesn't segregate girls and boys into separate schools or even separate buildings. In fact, only about 105 of Marina's 810 students are separated so far; the rest attend typical coed classes. Michaelson started the single-sex experiment by setting aside two rooms within the hulking blue-and-white Art Deco edifice...