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...James Yannatos, HRO’s buoyant music director since 1964.The performance opened with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Overture to La Forza del Destino,” an opera that follows the story of two clandestine paramours. The overture foreshadows the impending tragedy with a dark, surging theme which was gradually accelerated by Yannatos’ conducting. The string section showcased impressive prowess in swells and plucky staccatos. The dramatic finale, however, which was punctuated with brass and cymbal crashes, was slightly muddled. Still, the piece effectively conveyed the opera’s fateful tone...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Twins Wow in 'Double Concerto' with HRO | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

Appearing in front of a packed Emerson lecture hall in uniform dark suits and white shirts, Tom D. Hadfield...

Author: By Alexandra Hiatt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: To ‘Kill’ or To Fix? A Clash Over UC’s Future | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

...judges are Toby Johnson from Yale’s radio station WYCB, Thomas Pouncy of Harvard’s undergrad record label Veritas Records, and a representative from Nitro Tone, and they’re quick in their deliberation.Then, surprise of surprises, the dark-horse Sinister Turns end up with first prize! After Hours takes second, leaving the Bulldogs’ bands to slink away empty handed, their tails between their legs. Maybe they’ll have better luck next year, on their own turf. As the dregs of the tailgaters begin lumbering toward the second half...

Author: By Nayeli E. Rodriguez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Real Gameday Battle | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Coming in the wake of the recent killings of former KGB man Alexander Litvinenko in London and of journalist Ana Politkovskaya in Moscow, Gaidar's episode suggests that Russian political life may be reacquiring some traditional dark patterns. All of the incidents, after all, are taking place against the backdrop of the start of a fierce struggle over who will succeed Putin, whose second (and constitutionally mandated last) term as president will end in 17 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Lies Behind the Rash of Russian Poisonings? | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Core ‘bypass,’” Knowles wrote late that month.Knowles and Gross quickly approved Humanities 10, 12, and 16 as bypasses, “[r]ather than leave both the faculty teaching these courses, and the students wanting to take them, in the dark until the relevant committees had met,” he wrote.With a new system of General Education still years from implementation, some students stress that departments and the Core office should continue to work towards broadening the number of available Core bypasses.“If more departmental courses were...

Author: By Yelena S. Mironova, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: More Petitions for Core Credit Succeed | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

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