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Greek officials identified the injured as Henry Simpson, 70, of Los Angeles; his wife, Myrtle, 67; James Carlton, 29, an American; Eleni Phillips, 63, a Greek-American from Patras, Greece; Despina Siotis, 24, of Athens; al-Nami and his wife, Nala...
...disarming practical streak. "I think I've accepted it now," says Battle, 37, of her stardom. "But until quite recently, I thought one must always be prepared for other things in life. I've been a secretary. I've been a teacher. Star? Diva? Divas don't do Despina. I do Despina, so do the two go together...
Indeed they do. Whether she sports Despina's serving-girl mufti in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, is decked out in the rococo raiment of Sophie in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, or sweeps glamorously onto a concert stage dressed in one of her custom-made Rouben Ter-Arutunian gowns, it is impossible to imagine Battle's ever taking a letter or raising a ruler again. She is an ethereal Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff, a sparkling Zerbinetta in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos and a beguiling Susanna in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which she will sing...
...mislead them. Simply to demonstrate the gullability of any human system is, in the final analysis, meaningless. A far more worthwhile program would be to emphasize the need for truthfulness and straightforwardness by all media users, even at the risk of not making self-fulfilling prophesies. John O. Northrop Despina Vodantis Birmingham, Alabama Board of Education...
Both the A.J.C. report and Sister Despina note that such libelous memories are being corrected in other countries, such as Belgium, France, Germany and Austria. One striking example is the late Baroque Church of the Blessed Andreas near Innsbruck, which for many years sheltered a gruesome set of statues showing Jews killing a boy called Andreas of Rinn-a 17th century legend invented about an alleged 15th century event. Though the statues were finally removed after Vatican II, a ceiling painting depicting the grisly story remains. But a plaque on the wall now warns visitors: "The story of Andreas...