Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some Western experts urge Russia to scrap the ruble altogether in favor of a new currency. Johns Hopkins' Hanke calls for creation of a "currency board," such as those used in Hong Kong and Singapore, that would circulate new cash and coins backed by dollars or other hard currency. The new Russian money would be as stable as the reserves behind it, Hanke argues, because holders could freely exchange their currency for whatever backed it up. The new money, he adds, would initially compete with the ruble but would soon drive out its rival...
...prodigy; Beethoven, the tormented, deaf visionary; Bach the obscure wigged fellow who wrote that neat organ piece they play in horror flicks. In the same vein, Joseph Haydn is remembered as the long-lived "Father of the Symphony" who also penned the great oratorios "The Seasons" and "The Creation. "Yet Haydn's vocal works display a variety that challenges the preconceived notions. Haydn, despite his reputation, was a master of many genres...
...elegant corrective to the image of Haydn as the creator solely of grand tableaux, whether symphonic or choral. It is a masterpiece in minature (it only lasts, on this recording, 20 minutes and 14 seconds). The characterization found in the arias of Adam and Eve in the "Creation" is present, but is transformed into the unilateral statement of a powerful soliloquy. The music, which is set to a libretto of unknown authorship, accompanies Ariadne's discovery of her abandonment at the hands of Theseus...
...opening recitative depicts Ariadne's awakening on the beach at Naxos, and the swelling figure in the fortepiano is powerfully evocative of the rising of the "rosy dawn". They recall the opening bars of the "Creation" and their evocation of the primeval chaos. Glen Wilson's playing is tightly controlled here, and Carolyn Wilson's entry achieves the innocent tentativeness of a newly awakened victim of infidelity that Haydn's setting of the text seems to prescribe...
...accomplishments have included the drafting of a stringent conflict of interest policy and the creation of a new department at the Medical School. She also serves as a frequent adviser to the federal government...