Word: darkeness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last, these experts and governments are embracing the changes that have flowed too fast for political comprehension in Eastern Europe, all the while issuing dark cautions of the repercussions of a destabilized continent and a disrupted economic system...
...before-and-after picture of homosexuals in the age of liberation. The campy one, very '50s, is witty but a self-denigrating cartoon; his friend, very '80s, acts relaxed even when disclosing that his relationship is turning into an "open" one. The twist in Terrence McNally's midnight-dark comedy, which opened off-Broadway last week, is that the seemingly enviable, self- possessed character lacks the emotional resources to deal with the breakup of a relationship...
...plane and overbooked schedules are enemies of vocal grace. The first issues in this new project include Marian Anderson, Leonard Warren, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa and Jussi Bjoerling. The Warren disk is an oddity, recorded live on a 1958 tour of the Soviet Union, where the baritone's dark, sexy voice knocked 'em dead. Ponselle's sublime vocal poise lights great Verdi arias and ditties like When I Have Sung My Songs to You, I'll Sing No More. Easily the most joyous singer is Schipa, with his diaphanous tenor tones and fluent ornamentation. There was a real...
...doesn't so much walk as dart. Her private life, centered on a Bowery loft with the sculptor Peter Boynton and a cat named Sam, is something she guards fiercely. Her black hair, which once extended to her waist, has been cut short for quite some time, and her dark eyes draw you to her with their intensity. She dresses simply -- T shirts and sneakers whenever possible -- is self-conscious about her youthful appearance (she turned 30 in October, and had looked forward to it for months) and prefers reading a Borges short story to anything that might...
...radar has a serious drawback: its signal is a blazing electronic beacon that can make the transmitter as much the hunted as the hunter. "Like a flashlight in a dark forest, radar can spotlight certain trees," says Theodore Postol, an electronics expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "But everybody in the woods...