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DIED. ALBERT SHANKER, 68, tough but deft leader of the American Federation of Teachers; of cancer; in New York City. A respected champion of high education standards, he was demonized in 1968 for leading a long, bitter strike against a New York City decentralization plan that cut teachers' rights...
...nozze di Figaro" fits right into the Valentine theme with the opera's classic comedic plot, replete with anticipated marriages, star-crossed crushes, and a character named Cherubino. Like the opera, the overture too is a classic. It is a sweeping, theatrical piece with sudden dynamic changes and deft technical work in the string section, all of which were handled perfectly by the orchestra. The effect produced by the period instruments on a piece normally performed by a much larger orchestra was interesting; the thin, pure sound of the violins juxtaposed with the raw yet perfectly controlled sound...
...nobly attempted to showcase local talent, most of their selections are weak in comparison with pieces by better known artists. Carol Cohen's "Greek Revival," plates of glass etched with a body and set in a mauve and teal neo-classical base, pales in contrast with Nancy Spero's deft exploration of female power and representation in the ancient era. More disappointing, however, is the glaring exclusion of some of the most talented Boston-trained photographers such as Jack Pierson, David Armstrong, Mark Morrisroe and Nan Goldin (the subject of a recent Whitney Museum retrospective), who pioneered gritty work...
That was Mastroianni: the postheroic hero, defining the European male in all his charm, complexity, failure. Husband and lover, actor and movie star, deft comedian and suavest delineator of atomic-age anomie--there was a Marcello for every sexual taste, every moral mood. And he loved being those people; that's why he kept at it for a half-century, in more than 120 pictures. "When I make films," he said in 1987, "I am absolutely happy. And when the film is finished, I am looking for another film. Otherwise my life is a little more bored...
That tale was always going to require deft storytelling, but now the task has been made even more difficult. By the end of last week, the plaintiffs had presented 31 witnesses who refuted almost everything O.J. said when he was on the witness stand. And the emotional testimony by Nicole's mother, Juditha Brown, could make it even riskier for Baker to deliver on the promise he made in his opening statement to prove that Nicole recklessly consorted with drug dealers and prostitutes. On the defense witness list: Nicole's former friend Cora Fischman, who is expected to testify that...