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Most of the coffees drew about a dozen business executives, many of whom were being rewarded for past giving or being courted for new contributions. But if Clinton didn't solicit funds at the sessions, others allegedly did it for him. At a coffee in the Map Room on June 18, 1996, Democratic National Committee fund-raiser John Huang introduced the President to 13 guests with a sell that was anything but soft. "Elections cost money, lots and lots of money," he reportedly said, "and I am sure that every person in this room will want to support...
...What drew the Beats to this very different creed? Not everyone would go so far as spiritual explorer Alan Watts, who once credited Buddhism with enabling him to "get out from under the monstrously oppressive God the Father." But the absence of that ultimate authority figure--and the corresponding decoupling of the notion of compassion from a terror of hell or guilt before an Almighty--was attractive. Likewise, although it contradicted the Christian notion of an individual soul, Buddhism's idea of universal interconnectedness--that, as Kerouac wrote, "there is no separation in any of it"--appealed to the Beats...
Still, well-intentioned, well-made African-American films--like many well-intentioned, well-made white films--have often failed to become moneymakers. Spike Lee's 1996 film Get on the Bus, a fictional drama about the Million Man March, drew some favorable reviews but few theatergoers. Says a source close to Lee: "That broke Spike's heart." Even the 1996 comedy-fantasy The Preacher's Wife, starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington and directed by Penny Marshall, was a commercial disappointment...
...Mendelssohn concerto is standard concert material simply because it is good, not because consummate performers like Gil Shaham like to play it. Shaham's masterful performance on Saturday night, though, drew out the piece's best qualities. Shaham began the violin solo with a rich, elegaic tone, bringing depth without melodrama to the tragic melody. He continued with a flexible tone that was glittering in his sublime upper register and lusty and rich in the low, and an impressive dynamic range that challenged the orchestra to match...
Shaham's treatment of the first movement cadenza was precise, relaxed and completely effective. Unlike most cadenzas which depart from the main theme to highlight the performer's virtuosity, Mendelssohn's provides the development that leads the movement to its end. The orchestra drew momentum from Shaham's graceful interpretation. It is difficult to say, however, whether it was this passion or sheer accident that caused conductor Seiji Ozawa to throw his baton into the cello section shortly before the end of the movement. The piece was nonetheless otherwise seamless (and an obliging cellist returned Ozawa's baton shortly after...