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Nora Astorga, Nicaragua's nominee for Ambassador to the U.S. [WORLD, April 2], may indeed be a dreadful dragon lady. On the other hand, having made the decision that war was necessary to eliminate a greater evil in her country, Astorga may have demonstrated considerable moral and patriotic responsibility by luring General Reinaldo Pérez-Vega to her room and then killing...
...more intimate dinner with top Chinese leaders at the Diaoyutai guesthouse, a onetime imperial fishing resort more than 800 years old where the presidential couple will be staying. The Reagans will reside in a renovated villa, complete with indoor garden and an imposing replica of a Ming dynasty dragon bed with a pillared canopy. The Americans will give their own spread: 600 guests at the Great Wall Hotel for roast tom turkey, accompanied by seafood mousse and praline ice cream. About 220 lbs. of frozen poultry were flown to Peking two weeks ago, but the Reagans will personally bring...
Historical evidence supports these claims by Keju, a long-time activist on behalf of the Micronese. The story of the Japanese fisherman on the "Lucky Dragon" vessel is well known. The 1954 Bravo surface detonation of the 15-megaton bomb left the customary ash that accompanies fallout. Shortly afterwards several of the men experienced nausea, vomiting and itching skin--common symptoms of radiation exposure. Several crew members eventually fell ill and died. The U.S. government gave $2 million in compensation to the Japanese government...
Designed for the National Arts Center of Canada in 1982, the production stars Mezzo Marilyn Home in one of her patented sword-and-breastplate roles. It is scenically spectacular, full of the kind of deus ex machina theatricality that so delighted baroque audiences: dragon-drawn chariots fly through the air belching smoke, monsters writhe, and looming castles collapse in a heap of rubble. Bright and vivid, Rinaldo is a bauble for the eye; as sung by an imposing cast that includes Bass Samuel Ramey and Soprano Benita Valente, it is a treat for the ear. But whether it serves Handel...
...this with a vengeance in 1978, with a production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at Glyndebourne. From the moment the curtain rose on Hockney's version of an early Italian Renaissance landscape, complete with a dragon quoted from Uccello, the audience was saturated in color: deep purples of the night sky, the green and pink of formal gardens in Sarastro's domain on the yellow Nilotic sands, blue cataracts and blazing gold art deco sunbursts...